Following a settlement with Proview over the iPad trademark, Apple is now reported to launch its latest-gen iPad in Greater China on July 27th. The date has been highlighted by MIC Gadget, which discovered the news on PCPOP.com. The device will reportedly hit the shelves in Apple’s six retail locations in mainland China. The company is also said to offer it at Suning, one of the major retail chains in the country.
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FaceTime over 3G, another new iOS 6 feature, will be restricted to devices powered by the A5 or higher, meaning the functionality will be available only on the iPhone 4S and new iPad. To make a FaceTime video, iPhone 4 and iPad 2 users will still have to be connected to Wi-Fi when iOS 6 launches this fall.
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The new iPad have been finally approved for sale in China, The Wall Street Journal reports. Apple can now officially launch its latest tablet in the country, even though its mobile infrastructure is largely oriented around 3G speeds and isn’t ready yet to make a switch to the third-gen iPad’s enhanced 3G and LTE networking technologies.
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Apple has reached a settlement with the Australian regulator over the false 4G iPad advertisement and is now bound to pay an AU$2.25 million penalty to the ACCC. Aside from that amount, the company is also anticipated to pay AU$300,000 toward the commission’s legal fees. The ACCC representative Colin Golvan called the penalty “substantial” and expressed hope that it would help to undo the harm done by the misleading promotion.
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Huge lines of new iPad buyers are to observe around the world, as the second wave of third-gen tablet’s launches is approaching. The fastest international rollout in the product’s history will continue this Friday with the release of the third-generation iPad in 25 new countries. With the unchanged launch time at 8 a.m., the tablet will hit the market in Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Austria, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Belgium, Ireland, Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, The Netherlands, Iceland, Macau, Mexico and New Zeeland.
