Protective cases purportedly made for a new
version of the iPad, posted for sale on Chinese e-commerce site Alibaba.com, have fueled some of the latest
speculation about the rumored sequel to Apple's red-hot
tabletcomputer. In fact, they drew enough attention that someone with pull appears to have objected to the listings.
中国电子商务网站阿里巴巴(Alibaba.com)出现了待售的
平板电脑保护套,据说专为苹果公司(Apple)新版iPad设计而成,这激起了最近有关苹果大热的iPad即将推陈出新这一传闻的猜测。实际上,这些保护套已引起了足够多的关注,某位有影响力的重要人物似乎已开始反对保护套在网上的销售。
Apple has yet to
publiclydisclose any plans for an iPad 2. But gadget bloggers in the last week seized on pictures from Alibaba.com, a trading
platform for smaller businesses in and outside China, as evidence of the new features that a second-generation iPad might have. In particular, they said the cases proved that the iPad 2 will include a camera on its back surface, since
circular holes were depicted on the backs of the
mostly silicon cases in the Alibaba listings. The cases were priced at a few dollars or lower and
available in colors including bright pink and green.
苹果尚未公开宣布任何研发iPad二代的计划。但上周关注电子产品的多个博客突然注意到
阿里巴巴网站上贴出的照片,认为这是二代iPad或将拥有新功能的证据。阿里巴巴是一个可供中国国内外小型企业进行交易的平台。这些博客还特别提到,保护套的设计证实了iPad二代将在背面装有一个照相机,因为阿里巴巴网站上出售的保护套基本由硅胶制成,产品说明称,保护套后部有圆形的孔。这些保护套的售价只有几美元或更低,现货产品的颜色包括明亮的粉红色和绿色。