{"id":8440,"date":"2012-03-27T11:08:22","date_gmt":"2012-03-27T09:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=8440"},"modified":"2012-03-27T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2012-03-27T09:11:00","slug":"apple-misleading-consumers-with-4g-ipad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/hardware\/8440\/apple-misleading-consumers-with-4g-ipad\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple misleading consumers with 4G iPad"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple<\/a>‘s hot-selling new iPad hit a hurdle in Australia on Tuesday as the country’s consumer affairs regulator accused the company of misleading promotions.<\/p>\n

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said it would ask a federal court on Wednesday to order Apple to ensure consumers were made aware of the real technical capabilities of the device, correct its advertising and refund any affected buyers.<\/p>\n

Apple’s promotions for the iPad with Wifi+4G say buyers can connect to a 4G mobile data network in Australia with a SIM card, but that is not the case, the regulator said in a statement.<\/p>\n

An Apple spokeswoman in Sydney could not be reached immediately for comment.<\/p>\n

Australia has only one 4G network from dominant telecoms firm Telstra but the network is on a different part of the communications spectrum that cannot connect to the iPad.<\/p>\n

While the iPad is the clear market leader and the new version with its faster chips, fourth-generation wireless and a sharper display is only expected to cement Apple’s lead, it has not been entirely smooth sailing for Apple.<\/p>\n

It is waging a legal battle with a Chinese firm over the rights to the iPad trademark in one of the biggest growth markets.<\/p>\n

The long-running dispute with Proview – a financially weak technology company that claims to have registered the trademark – is making its way through Chinese courts and has threatened to disrupt iPad sales.<\/p>\n

In Australia, a small but a key launch market for Apple products, it lost a bid to ban the sales of Samsung<\/a> Electronics Co Galaxy tablet late last year.<\/p>\n

That battle is part of bruising global patent war between the two firms which spans about 30 legal cases in 10 countries.<\/p>\n

The Australian regulator’s move is unlikely to hamper iPad sales in Australia, though it could force to tweak its promotional campaigns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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