Apple's Online Stores in Asia-Pacific Go Offline Ahead of iPad Air LaunchAhead of the launch of the iPad Air just hours from now, Apple's online stores in the Asia-Pacific region have been taken offline. Countries in the region where the device will be launching include Australia, China, Hong Kong, Japan, Macao, and Singapore, although all online stores in the region are currently down. Apple's in-store sales will begin at 8:00 AM local time in countries where the company operates its own stores, and online store outages should work their way across the world later today with separate batches for Europe and North America. Apple's November 1 launch for the iPad Air is taking place in over 40 countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, China (Wi-Fi models only), Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macao (Wi-Fi models only), Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and United States. Recent Mac and iOS Blog Stories • Apple Asks Developers to Refrain From Using Gold iPhone 5s Images in Marketing Materials • Pocket God: Ooga Jump Launches for iOS Devices • Three to Offer Cellular Versions of iPad Air and Retina iPad Mini in the UK • Apple's Share of Tablet Market Drops on Increased Android Tablet Sales • Fantastical 2 Debuts on iPhone With Reminders and Improved Event Parser • Sprint Sells 1.4 Million iPhones in Q3 2013, 40% to New Customers • Sharp's Low Yield of Displays Reportedly Causing Retina iPad Mini Shortage • Snapseed for iOS Updated With New HDR Scape Filter, 'Shadows' Image Tuning Option
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