The iPad 2 ran out of stock in less than five hours yesterday after authorised Apple dealers opened their doors to excited buyers.
Long lines formed outside stores with hundreds turning up since 9pm the night before to be among the first in the country to own a unit of the second-generation of Apple's hugely popular Tablet computer.
By about 10am, more than 300 people were already waiting patiently at the Machines outlet at the MidValley Megamall. The line was so long it almost looped back to the start.
There were also lines outside other outlets, including the EpiCentre at the Pavilion in Kuala Lumpur and another Machines branch in Sunway Pyramid.
Among the iPad 2 features are two cameras (facing front and back, respectively) for snapping pictures, capturing video, and videoconferencing over a WiFi network.
Like the original, it is available in WiFi-only and, WiFi-and-3G versions.
The WiFi-only models are priced at RM1,499, RM1,799 and RM2,099 for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB versions respectively. Their WiFi-and-3G stablemates are priced at RM1,899 (16GB), RM2,199 (32GB) and RM2,499 (64GB).
