The deal adds 4, 200 stores that the ones that currently retail the iPad to consumers, telling us that Apple took a quick look at the demand for its new product when it was released this April, and moved quickly to prepare inventories.

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In a post earlier this week, I took a quick look at who might want to buy the company: my list of possible suitors included Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft and Comcast.

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