“We received a tip this morning from a Toys R’ Us employee that the venerable children’s toy store will begin selling the iPad 2 next month,” Michael Essany reports for ModMyi.
“Although there have been rumors in the past about Toys R’ Us possibly carrying the iPad at some point in the future, this is the first we’ve heard from an actual employee that an iPad launch at the toy store is imminent,” Essany reports. “And there’s photographic evidence to back up the claim.”
Essany reports, “Obtained during an employee training session, the pic clearly illustrates the iPad 2 presented in some form of employee training and testing process – something that would naturally take place shortly before a new product launch.”
Read more in the full article, with shot of the Toys R’ Us employee handout, here.
MacDailyNews Take: There will be no room given for pretenders to squeeze in with their derivative wares this time.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]