Apple iPad worldwide launch

Sydney, Australia Rahul Koduri holds up his newly-bought iPads after being the first person to have purchased one in the store
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Tokyo, Japan People stand in a line to buy the iPad at an Apple store
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Tokyo, Japan A security guard regulates customers who formed a line to buy Apple's iPad at a Softbank store
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Tokyo, Japan A man dressed as an iPad holds up the real iPad he has just bought
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Tokyo, Japan Takechiyo Yamanaka, who camped out in front of the Ginza store to be the first in line to buy the new iPad
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Tokyo, Japan Kazuki Miura – the first customer in Softbank, Apple's exclusive partner in Japan – wears an iPad headband.
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Berlin, Germany Shoppers wait to buy an iPad at the Gravis computer store
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Berlin, Germany Shoppers at the Gravis computer store try out the new Apple iPad
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Berlin, Germany A customer tries out Apple's new iPad, with software featuring a piano keyboard
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Berlin, Germany A member of staff arranges accessories for Apple's new iPad
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Frankfurt, Germany Simone Straehle cheers after being the first customer to leave the Apple store with an iPad
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Milan, Italy Customers queue to enter an apple store in Carugate to buy the new iPad
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Paris, France Staff applaud the first customers to enter the Apple store to buy an iPad
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Paris, France People queue up outside Apple's flagship store, in the Carrousel du Louvre, to buy an iPad
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Paris, France Customers buy their new iPads at the Apple store
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London, UK Queues for the iPad outside the Apple store on Regent Street
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London, UK Jake Lee, 17, leaves the Apple Store in Regent Street after being the first to buy the new Apple iPad
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London, UK People queue for the new iPad outside Regent Street's Apple store
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London, UK A customer is welcomed to the Apple store on Regent Street to buy the new iPad
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London, UK Customers are cheered by employees while entering an Apple store to buy the iPad
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