Israel lifts ban on iPad after tests
By Grant Slater |
April 26, 2010, Monday
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ISRAEL yesterday lifted a ban on Apple Inc's iPad tablet computer, ending restrictions that had been imposed over concerns the gadget's wireless signal could disrupt other devices.
Communications Ministry officials conducted "intensive technical scrutiny in a controlled laboratory" before deciding to allow the iPad into the country, said Yechiel Shabi, a ministry spokesman.
Israel announced the ban shortly after the iPad's April 3 launch in the United States.
Officials said at least 10 of the flat, touchscreen computers were seized at the country's international airport. Shabi said owners of the confiscated iPads would be permitted to retrieve them.
Israeli standards mirror those of many European nations, but Israel has been the only country to ban iPad imports ahead of the product's international release.
Apple has delayed the overseas launch of the iPad until late May, citing heavy sales in the US.
Communications Ministry officials conducted "intensive technical scrutiny in a controlled laboratory" before deciding to allow the iPad into the country, said Yechiel Shabi, a ministry spokesman.
Israel announced the ban shortly after the iPad's April 3 launch in the United States.
Officials said at least 10 of the flat, touchscreen computers were seized at the country's international airport. Shabi said owners of the confiscated iPads would be permitted to retrieve them.
Israeli standards mirror those of many European nations, but Israel has been the only country to ban iPad imports ahead of the product's international release.
Apple has delayed the overseas launch of the iPad until late May, citing heavy sales in the US.
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