iPad 2 Sells Out in 40 Minutes Online, Huge Queues At All Apple Retail Outlets

The rain and Royal Wedding won’t keep Apple fans away!

We announced on Wednesday night the official launch date for the iPad 2 was today in Hong Kong! And just like the original iPad the sales response has been huge.

Apple’s website www.apple.com/hk started selling the iPad 2 at 1am this morning and promptly sold out in 40 minutes. A visit there now shows that all configurations of the product are “unavailable” and we hear that they won’t deliver them till May 15.

Apple fans that didn’t get them online or didn’t want to wait 3 weeks for delivery braved the rain this morning in Hong Kong. We saw this post this morning of Mong Kok Fortress lines at 11:55pm last night but Hong Kong side, specifically Causeway Bay was busy but people only started lining up early this morning – as early a 5am.

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iPhanatics Approved: Must-Have iPhone and iPad Apps for April

The best for iOS chosen by HK’s gods and goddesses of apps!

The bi-monthly meet-up iPhanatics x iPadawans allows a place for iPhone and iPad fans to meet-up and exchange new apps, tips and tricks over an iPint or two.

This past Wednesday, we not only debuted the information about the iPad 2 launch before we posted it online (by minutes!) we also had a chance to see what our readers had on their iPhone’s and iPads – so here we present the Top iOS apps for the month of April as selected by the true iPhanatics of Hong Kong:

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White iPhone 4 on Sale Now in Hong Kong

April is turning out to be an expensive month for Apple fans.

The hits keep coming – to our wallets that is, no sooner that we revealed the April 29 launch date for the iPad 2 in Hong Kong than Apple goes and releases the white iPhone 4.

During tonight’s iPhanatics meet-up in SoHo, all the iPhone users that were on the Smartone-Vodafone network all got the same SMS: the white iPhone 4 was going on sale at midnight tonight!

After the meet-up we jumped down to Model Lane to see what the line-up looked like and queue had already grown from the SMV shop up to Lan Kwai Fong.

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iPad 2 Launches in Hong Kong This Friday

It’s finally our turn Hong Kong, for iPad 2 magic!

The wait is over Hong Kong – the iPad 2 officially goes on sale this Friday, 29 April across Hong Kong – including the Apple online store and all the authorized premium resellers in the city.

It’s been almost 8 weeks since it launched in the US, but now it’s finally here in HK – the iPad 2 (see our review here) has taken the world by storm in terms of great reviews and sell-outs everywhere you look, and so the excitement now descends on Hong Kong.

Here’s what you’re looking to pay for either the black or white models:

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iPad 2: Apple Defines the Category it Created with an Upgrade Worthy of the Title: ‘Magical’

iPad 2 comes to HK this week and we have your first look.

It launched in the US on March 11th – we were there at the Austin pop-up shop happily lining up in our first ever Apple Store line-up eagerly awaiting our chance to purchase the iPad 2.

We have the iPad 1 which we loved dearly (and we loved Hong Kong’s reaction to it last year) – yes, it takes some time getting used to as a laptop replacement. But as we slowly started using it more than our Macbook Air to read blogs, surf the web and watch videos and got used to the touchscreen keyboard we’re not sure why we ever carried around a laptop.

So, lets begin our in-depth look at the iPad 2 – we’ll look at the new size, weight, apps and see if it worth upgrading or if this will be your first iPad. Some will scoff at the “magical” description (we swear it came from Hogwarts), but as you’ll read it’s worthy of that title and more and you can experience it for yourself when it goes on sale in Hong Kong this week.

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