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• Videos: iPad 2 mania Down Under

  Endless queues, whooping Apple staffers, saturation media coverage

  Judging from the early videos, iPad 2 mania may be even more fevered in Australia and New Zealand than it is in the U.S.

  The first customer in line at Apple's (AAPL) Sydney store, seen here at right, camped out for 53 hours to buy his second iPad 2 (he picked one up two weeks ago in Boston.)

  No word yet on stockouts, but a MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Mar 25, 2011 8:11 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Australia, Boston, iPad, iPad 2, New Zealand, Piper Jaffray, Sydney, Tablets

• Philadelphia finally gets its Apple Store

  A raucous opening Friday for the company's first retail presence in the city of Brotherly Love

  One of the differences between Boston, where I was born, and Philadelphia, where I worked for a year in '70s, is that Philadephians envy New York City and Bostonians just hate it.

  Another difference is that Boston has had an Apple Store -- the largest in the U.S. -- for more than two years. Until MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - Aug 1, 2010 6:05 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Apple Store, Boston, Daring Fireball, John Gruber, Philadelphia

• Video: High fives and hype at Boston's new Apple Store

  There was no lack of enthusiasm -- or videography -- at Thursday's opening of the company's new flagship store in Boston. Thousands of fans turned up and at least a dozen videos have already been edited and posted on YouTube; three representative clips are pasted below the fold.

  Anyone who hasn't been to one of these events might find these images shocking.

  It's one thing to stand in line for hours and MORE

  Philip Elmer-DeWitt - May 17, 2008 9:45 AM ET
  Posted in: Apple, Apple Store, Apple Stores, Boston, Video