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iTunes Store opens in Hong Kong, Taiwan and 10 other Asia-Pacific territories

by Steven Sande (Jun 27th, 2012)

Our Apple-loving compatriots on the west side of the Pacific Ocean have been able to purchase the latest in iPhone and iPad software from the App Store for a while, but believe it or not, they've been shut out of the iTunes Store. Apple has just opened the virtual iTunes storefront in a dozen ...

New iPad sample photos improve over iPad 2

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 14th, 2012)

Vietnamese website Tinhte.vn allegedly has a new iPad, and earlier today it posted images and benchmarks from the device. A third posting from the group now showcases the photo-taking ability of the tablet device. The images suggest the camera on the new iPad is a huge improvement over the iPad 2, ...

Vietnamese site posts new iPad video, unboxing pictures

by Michael Rose (Mar 13th, 2012)

Not quite sure how it got into the wild ahead of schedule, but Vietnamese sites Tinhte and MuabaniPhone have posted a lovely little video review and unboxing images of the LTE-equipped new iPad model [via our siblings at Engadget]. Spoiler alert: It looks an awful lot like an iPad. While some ...

Vietnamese carriers to launch iPhone 4S this week

by Michael Grothaus (Dec 14th, 2011)

Back in October, Viet Nam Business News reported that the iPhone 4S would go on sale in the country by the end of the year. Now Thanh Nien News is confirming that Apple's latest smartphone will go on sale in Vietnam by the end of this week. Vietnamese carriers VinaPhone and Viettel have both ...

iPod touch with camera shows up in Vietnam

by Dave Caolo (May 19th, 2010)

The Apple sieve continues to leak as a new prototype shows up in Vietnam and promptly hits the web. This time, it's an iPod touch with a 2 megapixel camera. For now, only the iPhone and iPod nano have cameras. Tinhte has the story once again (you'll remember they posted photo and video of a ...

MacBook gets a stealthy update

by Chris Rawson (May 18th, 2010)

I didn't even see the Apple Store go down, did you? Well, no matter: the MacBook has been updated. Its base specs are virtually identical to those from the Vietnamese leak a few days ago: 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo processor 2 GB RAM 250 GB 5400 RPM hard drive NVIDIA GeForce 320M integrated ...

Vietnamese site leaks details of updated MacBook

by Chris Rawson (May 15th, 2010)

Vietnamese site Tinhte, the same site that leaked video of the next iPhone a few days ago, has published pictures and specs of the next MacBook. On the outside, the new MacBook appears identical to what's currently being sold, with a plastic unibody enclosure and a 13.3" LED-backlit display. ...

Another lost iPhone prototype?

by Chris Rawson (May 12th, 2010)

It's looking like another iPhone prototype spontaneously vanished from Cupertino's campus, but this one seems like it may have made it all the way out to Vietnam. A Vietnamese forum has posted several pictures of the next-gen iPhone similar in most details to the prototype that Gizmodo bought. ...

First Pictures of Saigon Apple Store

by Erica Sadun (May 17th, 2007)

TUAW reader Danh Nguyen was kind enough to post these photos of the new Apple retailer in Saigon, the first of its kind in Vietnam. I am not sure what "Chuc Mung Khai Truong" means, but I'll take a wild guess that it might mean "Apple Showroom". Any Vietnamese speakers who can translate, please ...

First Apple retailer in Vietnam

by Erica Sadun (Apr 17th, 2007)

Ho Chi Minh City is the new home of Vietnam's first Apple retailer. The store, which is a subsidiary of Vietnam's largest company, FPT, will sell Apple merchandise including laptops and computers. This won't be an "Apple Store" per se, as the store will also carry software and electronics from other ...