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Chinese product pirates recently took their art a big step further. They pirated not the products themselves — in this case, Apple computers — but rather the entire store selling them.

All too often today, travellers find themselves in some city or country complaining, "If only I were in front of my computer! I could find this in a second." But with the latest smartphone, we're now in front of a computer wherever we are.

Perhaps the most significant thing about the iPad is called iBooks, an electronic book store. Steve Jobs said Apple has struck relationships with five major publishers, Hachette, Penguin, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan.

Electronic book readers allow users to read fact and fiction on a tablet device that downloads content. They are popular with readers and travellers who prefer to avoid heavy books. At the moment, Amazon and Sony dominate the market.