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NEW YORK – APRIL 02: People wait in line (facing camera) outside the flagship Apple store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan to purchase the iPad when it debuts tomorrow morning April 2, 2010 in New York City. Around ten people were already waiting in line Friday afternoon ahead of Saturday’s release of the much-anticipated tablet ...

By , a former associate editor at Foreign Policy.
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Mario Tama/Getty Images
Mario Tama/Getty Images

NEW YORK - APRIL 02: People wait in line (facing camera) outside the flagship Apple store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan to purchase the iPad when it debuts tomorrow morning April 2, 2010 in New York City. Around ten people were already waiting in line Friday afternoon ahead of Saturday's release of the much-anticipated tablet computer.

NEW YORK – APRIL 02: People wait in line (facing camera) outside the flagship Apple store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan to purchase the iPad when it debuts tomorrow morning April 2, 2010 in New York City. Around ten people were already waiting in line Friday afternoon ahead of Saturday’s release of the much-anticipated tablet computer.

Joshua Keating was an associate editor at Foreign Policy. Twitter: @joshuakeating

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