“Apple’s international fan base greeted the iPad in nine countries Friday morning with the usual hoopla — albeit in different accents and with various degrees of self control,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune.
Apple Store Munich:
Elmer-Dewitt has assembled iPad launch day videos from Frankfurt, Tokyo, Paris, London, Zurich, Milan and Rome. See them here.
MacDailyNews Take: Bloodbath.
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Canadians,
Every Mac dealer in Western Canada, at least, has iPads in stock. Furure Shop had the rights to advertise that but no one else did. If you didn’t line up and you still want one, head to your nearest Apple reseller.
Where is Sweden? 🙁
That’s Future Shop to everyone else.
The line up at the new Southgate Edmonton Store was about 500 people, at the 8 am opening, and the line hasn’t decreased! More and more just keep joining. The Genius Bar was loaded with iPads. Lot’s of local news coverage (3 TV stations, and a couple radio) so local news should be interesting tonight.
@Sad
“Not an essential piece of life.”
Name ONE thing, that is an essential piece of life, that you actually cheered and clapped for, when it was offered?
What!
@Switched
Excellent point.
It’s amazing how one sad bastard can set the tone of a whole blog.
got mine from pc world , they had loads in stock , despite apple telling me i’d have to wait until July 8th at least for mine
last time i bother pre ordering on line
C1,
Shoobie doobie do wop. Infiltrate it. Pop pop shoo wop. Activate it.
A flop in France.
@ Ike
Between Finland and Norway, last time I looked…
@ G4Dualie
I’m sure they clap and cheer for electricity and running water in Baghdad all the time.
“That’s Future Shop to everyone else.”
Not if you drive a Volkswagen.
ike – Where is Sweden? 🙁
In Northern Europe, between Norway and Finland?
we are the future
As a very minor Apple shareholder, I am very disappointed over the iPad flop. I feel the need to sue Apple, SJ, and every manufacturer of iPad components!
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Please continue with your delusions, Ballmer and company. The best consumer electronics leverage Apple operating systems – Mac OS X and its little cousin, the iPhone OS.
No free Winnie the Pooh Book for iBooks in Canada, WTF Canada is the home of Winnie the Pooh and we get stiffed (I am from Winnipeg the place the gave Winnie his name).
Even worse I can’t buy the book in Canada. My kids were looking forward to it,now what do I tell them.
I think Germany is shown because it is the largest country in Europe and Germans have awesome buying power globally.
The iPad 3G is sold out in Spain and there are very few wi-fi units remaining.
!! As they open the doors in the München video, watch the kid in the gray hoody, glasses and black pack holding his camera aloft.
It’s HIM. I swear. German Boy:
My heart is full. My eyes are tearing up. The soul of another Microsoft user saved.
Berlin:
Bristol, England. Start watching at 2:40.
Unique: Apple staff jogging, running, jumping around the mall.
Glasgow, Scotland. Video quality: Blame BlackBerry.
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Bloody Vikings!
Glasgow: