Libor Kubín Wahi a ka Associated Press, ua hōʻea ʻo Apple a me ka hui Kina ProView Technology i kahi kuʻikahi hope loa no ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka hōʻailona iPad ma hope o kekahi mau mahina. Ua hoʻoili ʻia ka uku i ka huina o 60 miliona mau kālā i ka waihona o ka ʻaha Kina.
Ua hoʻomaka ka hui ʻo ProView Technology i ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka inoa iPad ma 2000. I kēlā manawa, hana ia i nā kamepiula e like me ka hanauna mua o iMacs.
Ma 2009, ua hoʻokō ʻo Apple i ka loaʻa ʻana o nā kuleana i ka hōʻailona kūʻai iPad ma kekahi mau ʻāina ma o ka hui IP Application Development no ka $55 wale nō. Ua kūʻai ʻia nā kuleana iā ia (paradoxically) e ka makuahine Taiwanese o Pro View - International Holdings. Akā, ua haʻi ka ʻaha i ke kūʻai ʻole. Ua piʻi aʻe ka hoʻopaʻapaʻa a ua pāpā ʻia ke kūʻai ʻana i ka iPad ma Kina.
ʻO ka hoʻopiʻi ʻo ProView Technology he mau mea hoihoi. Ua ʻōlelo ka hui Kina ʻo Apple, a i ʻole kahi huahana me ka hōʻailona like, ʻo ia ka hewa no kona hāʻule ʻana i ka mākeke kūloko. I ka manawa like, ua hana ʻia nā kamepiula brand iPad mai ka makahiki 2000, a ua komo ka hui Cupertino i ka mākeke Kina me kāna papa i ka makahiki 2010 wale nō. iā lākou iā Apple.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o nā kaʻina hoʻokolokolo (i Dekemaba 2011), ua ʻōlelo ka luna kānāwai o ka hui iā Apple: "Ua kūʻai aku lākou i kā lākou huahana me ke kūʻē i ke kānāwai. ʻO ka nui o nā huahana a lākou i kūʻai aku ai, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka uku a lākou e uku ai. " Akā ua koi ʻo ProView i $ 16 miliona. He ʻuʻuku ka hui a he 400 miliona kālā.
ʻAe, ʻaʻole ia e kōkua iā lākou, pono lākou i 3x nui: D a i kēia manawa, inā ʻo Apple wau, e hoʻopunipuni wau i ka Kina i kahi kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe he 20% o nā iPads.