Sichuan Bazhong Forestry Administration applied for cancellation of purchasing parallel iPad 2

The reason is "After investigation, the iPad 2 really does not meet the requirements."

@ Shou Chunshi III: Too funny: Sichuan Pakistani government procurement surprises parallel iPad 2, said the transmission of data (the staff said that the need to transfer the data have coordinates and images, then the data will be collected in the wild with USB The interface is transmitted to the iPad 2 via mail transfer) - Sure enough right to have no brain: The iPad 2 has no USB interface at all!

On May 31st, Nandu reported that the Sichuan Forestry Bureau wanted to purchase Apple’s 3G version of the iPad2 for the “Forest Data Transfer” to the Forestry Survey and Design Brigade. The staff told Nandu that the reason why the iPad 2 was purchased was because it was light, easy to carry, and it had a long standby time. Then the coordinates, pictures and other data collected in the field were transferred to the iPad 2 via e-mail. transmission. However, the 3G version of the iPad 2 has not been listed on the Chinese mainland. The 3G version of the iPad 2 that is sold on the market is smuggled, and the iPad 2 has no USB interface and cannot be used directly.

This incident has attracted many netizens' comments. There are thousands of comments. The netizen "wing8924" commented: "Government purchases must buy parallel imports, so that the situation can be felt ah."

On the morning of May 31st, the Pakistani Forestry Bureau sent a letter to Nandu: “The SIPO quickly verified the situation and has applied for the purchase of the project by the procurement center in Bazhong City.” Said that after investigation, iPad 2's "listing situation, technical performance, etc. does not meet the requirements, so canceled the purchase." Nandu reporters also saw a correction announcement issued at 9:24 am on May 31st in the Sichuan Government Procurement Online. The corrected announcement stated: "According to the purchase request of the Bazhong City Forestry Bureau, the cancellation of the Pakistani Inquiry [2011] No. 163 'In' Apple iPad 2 3G Edition (with original leather case) 'Procurement Project'.