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Apple’s iPad goes global

Fans mobbed Apple Inc stores in Europe and Asia as the iPad went on sale outside the United States on Friday, with some shoppers having queued all night to buy one of the coveted tablet computers.

The device, a little smaller than a regular notebook computer and with an open, color touchscreen, is designed for surfing the Web, watching movies and reading, and has been hailed by the publishing industry as a potential life-saver.

Shares of Apple, which also makes the iPod and iPhone, jumped as much as 2.3 percent before settling back to end the session up 1.4 percent, outpacing a sliding market. Analysts said Wall Street had already priced in a big launch.

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Microscope Shots Confirm Next iPhone’s 960×640 Resolution

Czech site superiphone.cz reportedly got their hands on an iPhone 4G and did what any self-respecting iPhone fanatics would: put it under a microscope. Up close and personal with those pixels, they confirmed the rumoured 960×640, IPS dipslay.

After the most recent iPhone leak in Vietnam, far-flung iPhone appearances seem more credible than ever, and if this Czech leak is the real deal then it serves as confirmation of a long-suspected but hitherto unproven fact: the next iPhone’s resolution will be 960×640. SuperiPhone.cz also reported that the phone’s display uses IPS technology, like the iPad, for wider viewing angles.

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