There've been long queues for the launch of the iPad 2 in Russia. It went on sale at 7pm on Friday evening and it's reported most stores sold out quickly.
The Moscow Times says Apple apparently brought forward the launch day in a hurried response to unauthorised sales of the device in the country.
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....it appears that Apple was forced to bring the date forward after telecom chain Svyaznoi started unauthorized sales May 12.The early sales led to allegations published in online newspaper Gazeta.ru on Tuesday that Svyaznoi's iPads may have been purchased though "gray" channels.Svyaznoi spokeswoman Yelena Nogotkova rejected the allegations. "We bought the shipments from Russian distributors, and Apple authorized these shipments for sales on the Russian market," she told The Moscow Times. "All our iPads were purchased in compliance with Russian law and customs procedures."
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