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Thursday, April 15, 2010

More on the Israel IPad Ban

I noted earlier the reports that Israel was banning imports of Apple's IPad. It's still a bit confusing but they are apparently seizing them at customs, even from tourists, because it hasn't been properly certified for working with Israel's Wi-Fi networks. This may be a reflex of Apple's famous pre-release secrecy, but there's still something rather mysterious about it all.

On the other hand, reportedly only 10 IPads have been confiscated, and since the IPad hasn't officially been released in Europe yet and Israel seeks to conform to European standards, maybe that will clear things up.

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