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作者: tiffiant    時間: 2011-3-26 00:57     標題: Hundreds queue for today's Vancouver Apple iPad 2 launch

Hundreds queue for today's Vancouver Apple iPad 2 launch


VANCOUVER — Colin Lochhead arrived at 11 last night at the downtown Apple store and by noon he had been joined by hundreds of other buyers hoping to get the new iPad 2 when it goes on sale at 5 p.m. today.

Apple staff handed out hot coffee to customers huddled under sleeping bags and bundled against a cold and rainy Vancouver day, while inside at the Apple store in the Pacific Centre, staff prepared to close at 3 p.m. to get ready for the launch.

Lochhead was there to get a spot for friend Clayton McKee who arrived at midnight, but after 12 hours in line, Lochhead was ready to buy, even though he already has the original iPad.

"I wasn't actually intending to upgrade I came for moral support for Clayton more than anything else but the more I stand in line here the more likely I am to buy one for myself," he said.

McKee lined up to buy an iPad 2 for his girlfriend Catherine Nielsen.

"I camped out overnight but it's for her," he said.

The pair, joined by Nielsen and Lochhead's girlfriend Suzanne Rushton were well prepared with chairs, sleeping bags and snacks.

"We got a couple of hours of sleep, only disturbed a couple of times by drugs who wanted to poke us, shake us, make fun of us," said McKee.

By midday the lineup stretched down Granville Street, with similar lineups at other Apple stores and some consumers opting to try Best Buy, Future Shop, London Drugs and Simply Computing — all stocked with iPad 2s for today's release but with stores not releasing numbers.

Asked if stock would meet the demand if hundreds lined up outside, a clerk at the Apple store downtown said they store has "hundreds" of iPads.

Early buyers who wanted to ensure they would get an iPad 2 went online at 1 a.m. When Apple's Online Canadian store started taking orders. Shipping was promised for April 16 for those buyers, with an expected delivery date of April 22.
作者: tiffiant    時間: 2011-3-26 00:59



Colin Lochhead (left) and Clayton McKee (right) are first in line outside Vancouver's Pacific Centre mall on Friday to purchase the new iPad.




VANCOUVER, B.C.: MARCH 25, 2011 -- People line-up outside Vancouver's Pacific Centre mall, March 25th, to purchase the new iPad. The line-up started last night at 11pm.



A shop assistant in Sydney gestures in front of an advertising sign moments before Apple's iPad 2 became available for direct purchase in Australia March 25, 2011. Hundreds of customers lined up outside Apple stores in Australia and New Zealand on Friday for the international launch of the iPad 2, which has flown off the shelves in the U.S. leaving the company struggling to meet demand.



Canadian backpacker Alex Lee sits first in the queue for Apple's new iPad 2 amongst hundreds of others in Sydney on March 25, 2011 after heading straight to Apple’s Sydney store from the airport upon his arrival from Singapore on March 23. Fans of the new iPad 2 queued outside Apple's Sydney store in a line that stretched several city blocks awaiting the first sales of the new device in Australia's largest city Sydney on March 25, 2011. Some of the keenest fans waited in line for up to 53 hours for the devices to go on sale, with some having masks made of their own faces to hold their places while they went find food or go to the bathroom.



People wait in line to buy Apple's iPad 2 outside the Apple store in Stockholm on March 25, 2011. Apple's eagerly-awaited iPad 2 will go on sale at 16:00 GMT in 25 countries in Europe, Oceania and the Americas, two weeks after its official launch in the United States.



The iPad 2, a thinner and faster version that features two cameras for video chat, was introduced in the United States on March 11.
作者: Catpiano    時間: 2011-3-26 06:50

I guess fly to Edmonton back and fore .. will be quicker then line up ..  unless Vancouverian love to line up!
作者: AAC    時間: 2011-3-26 21:30

真唔明點解蘋果餐餐都用呢招 ？又會有咁多人受 ？
真係用遲一陣會好唔掂 ？
作者: AAC    時間: 2011-3-26 21:31

真唔明點解蘋果餐餐都用呢招 ？又會有咁多人受 ？
真係用遲一陣會好唔掂 ？
作者: Catpiano    時間: 2011-3-26 21:53

Not anymore la...u can walk in and buy already....
作者: 快樂牛郎    時間: 2011-3-26 21:54

I guess fly to Edmonton back and fore .. will be quicker then line up ..  unless Vancouverian love t ...
Catpiano 發表於 2011/3/26 06:50


not news
ppl in Vancouver love to line up for anything
I was stunned that some people would line up 3 hours to get into the art museum for free during Winter Olympics.  Thats' 3 hours for a saving of like what, $16? And on top of that, because there were so many people inside the museum at the same time, the value of the visit was significantly decreased and probably not worth more than $5.  And last of all, those people who lined up probably have no understanding of art! haha.
作者: 快樂牛郎    時間: 2011-3-26 21:55

真唔明點解蘋果餐餐都用呢招 ？又會有咁多人受 ？
真係用遲一陣會好唔掂 ？ ...
AAC 發表於 2011/3/26 21:30


people like to be slaves of Apple.  it's a personal choice.

love to see the bony body Steve jobs has got...
作者: peter236    時間: 2011-3-26 22:33

本帖最後由 peter236 於 2011-3-26 22:52 編輯
people like to be slaves of Apple.  it's a personal choice.

love to see the bony body Steve jobs  ...
快樂牛郎 發表於 2011-3-26 21:55

Your comments about Jobs was cheap. Please apologize if you have some conscience.
oh well, for you who is a slave of M$, what more could we ask for?



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