Apple iPad: Australian look, Launch day
Thursday, January 28, 2010 at 10:42PM 
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Waking up this morning I finally got to re-live that feeling you get when you're a kid, when the presents, or the family vacation was about to begin. As a geek, the launch of a new Apple product can be just like <insert generic religious holiday here>, so today was always going to be fun with the promise of a new device revolution.
There are a lot of negatives when it comes to the launch of new hardware products and living in Australia. The main one is that we only seem to ever get access to a small percentage, and it's normally months after the North American launch. I guess you could look at that and say that means that we only get the successful devices.
Having the time to analyse and access the real world use of a new device/platform is a plus that in some instances can make up for the delays in access. But when it comes to Apple products I have to admit to a pang of jealousy after a launch.
