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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail More Yahoo! Services Account Options New User? Sign Up Sign In Help Yahoo! Search web search Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology iPad seekers queue for first shot at Apple gadget AFP - 2 hours 14 minutes ago Send IM Story Print Gadget-seekers determined to be among the first to get their hands on an iPad queued outside Apple's flagship shop in Manhattan ahead of the tablet computer's debut. Slideshow: Full Photo Coverage: Internet Portals & Search Engines NEW YORK (AFP) - – Gadget-seekers determined to be among the first to get their hands on an iPad queued outside Apple's flagship shop in Manhattan Saturday ahead of the tablet computer's debut. About 15 aspiring iPad owners heartened by sunshine and warm spring temperatures had taken up positions outside the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue by 4:00 pm (2000 GMT) Friday to wait for sales to commence at 9:00 the following morning (1300 GMT). Eleven-year-old Giovanna Mullen said she staked out her place outside the store at 5:00 am Friday with her mother Jeanney Mullen and her grandmother Tony Digiorno. The girl proudly described herself as the owner of an iPod Touch and said her mother has an iPod and a Macintosh computer, both iconic creations of the California-based computer and electronics giant. "We brought food, blankets... so the three generations will say they slept together in the streets of New York," Digiorno said. Like others in the queue, the trio had not pre-ordered iPads so resorted to hours of waiting to get the gadgets. "I am buying two, for me and for my daughter," said Jeanney, who works in digital publishing, adding the iPad intrigued her. Newspapers and magazines are eagerly tailoring interactive, digital editions in a hope that the iPad heralds a new way to deliver content and bring in revenue. "The company knows I am here so the boss asked me to buy one for him," Jeanney said. "But as I cannot buy more than two, my mother will." An apparent deluge of early online orders indicated the touchscreen slate-style computers will be another big hit for Apple. But the launch of the shiny new touchscreen devices was not good news for all, with the Chinese maker of a similar product that has already been on sale for nearly eight months. Wu Xiaolong, the general manager of Shenzhen Great Loong Brother Industrial Co said the firm had already lost a major order for its iPad-like touchscreen "P88." "Our products are more expensive than theirs," Wu told AFP, noting a Canadian university canceled plans to buy their tablet PCs to shift to the iPad. The P88 sells for about 569 dollars -- compared to the iPad's 499-dollar entry-level price. Demand for iPads has evidently blasted past Apple expectations and the online Apple Store alerted buyers that new orders would not be shipped until April 12 or "late April," depending on the model. Those who ordered iPad devices early should also receive them Saturday. "I am registered to buy an iPad, so I will be among the first," said Richard Goodyear, 36, who had a spot in the queue. "I have to go back to Germany so I just want to be sure I get it. I am also a blogger, this is the kind of story the bloggers are fascinated with." Users can watch video, listen to music, play games, write emails, surf the Web or read electronic books on the 9.7-inch (24.6-centimetre) touchscreen device. The iPad also runs most of the 150,000 applications made for the iPod music player and the iPhone. A model offering both Wi-Fi and 3G cellular connectivity in late April. Apple said both the Wi-Fi and 3G models will be available in other countries later this year. While Apple has been secretive about iPad supply numbers, analysts estimate the company will sell several hundred thousand of the devices during the weekend and more than two million by the end of September. Software savants who found fortunes crafting mini-programs for iPhone and iPad Touch devices were quick to focus on designing applications for the iPad, essentially a giant iPod Touch. The enthusiasm of developers bodes well for iPad, since the "ecosystem" of fun, hip or functional programs is credited with being behind Apple mobile gadgets' success as marketplace stars. iPad programs were filling up virtual shelves of Apple's online iTunes shop. Even Internet leader Google threw its weight behind the iPad, rolling out a version of its free Web-based email service for Apple's latest creation. "We're just starting to work through how our products can become even better on devices like the iPad," Google Mobile product manager Punit Soni said in a blog post. And while the iPad is seen as a threat to Kindle electronic readers, Amazon.com on Friday released an application that lets people read digital books from the Kindle Store on the Apple gadgets. 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