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Friday, May 14, 2010

#Wal-Mart to Sell #Apple #iPad #Gadget

Apple may be going mass market retail with its iPad, judging from this report that Wal-Mart will sell the iPad. Look for Apple to court retailers, but keep an iron grip on its list price to foil discounting. R.C.J.


Here's what Bloomberg says: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. may start selling Apple Inc.’s iPad in 2010 in some U.S. stores as it competes with electronics chains for consumers who want to connect their e-mail, movies, games and music...Apple has sold more than 1 million iPads since they went on sale in the U.S. last month, making the debut more successful than the introduction of the iPhone in 2007. Apple sells the device, a tablet computer that lets users read digital books and access the Internet, online and in its stores. Best Buy Co. also sells it. Apple hasn’t made any announcements regarding retail partners since the iPad was introduced...
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