Apple market share: less than 4% after 30 years of selling PC’s
It's so crazy out there, the iPad is going over to the United Arab Emirates, being slipped through the border ... LOL ...
Tablet computer is bound for the UAE's grey market.
By Nancy Sudheer
Published Wednesday, April 07, 2010
UAE iPad fans move grey market to jump the queue.
Apple's iPad touchscreen tablet computer, which launched over the weekend in the United States, is expected anytime in the UAE's grey market, or so dealers claim.
Emirates Business has learned that dealers such as Alshop, who claim to be the first to get the iPad here, have already received more than 40 orders from Dubai. Apple enthusiasts had placed orders 45 days earlier to receive the iPad before its launch here. Dubai Mobiles, another dealer, confirmed that it would receive their first batch of iPads next week. Alshop is offering users the Wi-Fi model at Dh2,779 (16GB), Dh3,269 (32GB) and Dh3,759 (64GB). The model with both Wi-Fi and 3G facilities will only be available after the global launch, said dealers. The US firm Apple has priced its models from $500 (Dh1,836) to $830, globally.
And it's sold less than Windows 7 sold just 10 minutes after launch. And even after 2 years, it still wouldn't have sold as many units as Windows 7 sold in just 2 months.