“Apple confirmed to AllThingsD on Friday that it has recalled a very small number of Verizon iPad 2 models after the products were inadvertently shipped with identical electronic serial numbers,” Ina Fried reports for AllThingsD.
“The numbers, officially known as mobile equipment identifiers (MEIDs), are important in the activation of devices that use Verizon’s cellular network and are designed to be unique to the individual device,” Fried reports. “‘Duplicate MEID numbers were flashed onto an extremely small number of iPad 2 units for the verizon 3G network,’ an Apple representative said on Friday.”
Read more in the full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Fred Mertz” for the heads up.]
“Can you hear me now?”
“Yes, i can hear you and your brother.”
“Duplicate MEID numbers were flashed onto an extremely small number of iPad 2 units for the verizon 3G network”
Damn Flash
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LOL
Flash strikes again.
Damn, ya just can’t get good, dependable, cheap slave labour anymore!
Nuts to you Big Steve, now all us Apple Lemming have trouble finding our iPads.