New iPad - love it - but how do I work this out
I bought my iPad today and I love it! But here is the question: I got it in the authorized store here in Beijing, and the guy in there installed many apps for me, including the iBooks with a tone of books. Apparently, he did it from the shop's American account. Now, I would like to keep all the apps, but use my own iTunes account for downloading some more apps and for syncing the music. Is there any way to do so without losing all the apps that he installed for me? If I lose everything that has been installed, I will not be able to get most of the apps (starting with the iBooks) which have not been released in the Chinese apps store.
Thanks a lot for any suggestion!
Thanks for all your replies. First, let me say that I would never buy anything fake, or illegally sold anywhere in the world. But, the iPad is sold in all computer shops with Apple's license in Beijing, and it has been imported from US - not smuggled. They cost more then in US because the importer has to pay customs fee of about 150 us$, and the price of iPad here is more or less the same in all the shops with Apple's logo. The machines come in sealed boxes, and there is nothing suspicious about them. And they sell in such numbers that it would be absolutely impossible that somebody just bought iPads in US and brought them over to resell in China.
The shop where I bought mine is one of the biggest computer malls in Beijing, and the iPad is advertised all around, by which I want to say that they don't sell it under the desk, but very prominently. Beside, I got the regular receipt for it.
Yes, I asked about the warranty, and they told me that the shop will provide within for 1 year. Actually, I have rich experience with the Apple's repairing and maintaining service here, in Beijing, and all these shops with Apple's license have contract with it. It works fine, although I hope I will never need it again.
Apps that they installed for me are mostly those which I would not be able to download from my Chinese iTunes account, and the books they provided with the iBooks are all Chinese works in Chinese language, which one can download free from the website. So, this part is not against copyright law. Getting these particular books on line is not a big deal, but I love using iBooks reader, and this is the main reason why I am reluctant to sync my iPad with my iTunes, and consequently lose the iBooks for ever. I don't care about any other application so much, but I wanted iPad mainly as the superb e-reader, and without iBooks, it hardly can come to being that.
I don't know if there is a kind of a deal between Apple and its Chinese licensed dealers, but I can tell you why people still buy Apple's products in those shops like the one where I bought my iPad. Chinese government has very strict rules with everything. So, iPhone, for example, which is sold in the the official Apple Shop (there is one in Beijing too) has no WiFi, but the iPhone sold in the computer shops with Apple's license has it. I am not going to elaborate why it is so, to put it shortly - the Chinese government has problems with mobile phones with WiFi. So, what would you do if you lived here and wanted an iPhone? I bought mine in Hong Kong, with WiFi of course.
Now, I am waiting to see how it will go on between China and Apple, and what will be allowed here for download. Till now we cannot buy music from the Chinese iTunes store! I am afraid that this will be the case with books too. So, till I am sure about it, I will be using this iPad with the iBooks installed in the shop for me.
I still need to figure out how to transfer the books that I have purchased before and read them on the iPad. I know that some of them I will not be able to open because of DRM, but I hope that some others I will be able to transfer and read on this fabulous iBooks reader. If anyone still wants to help me with suggestions how to do that, it would be very appreciated!
Sorry for my long reply, and thanks again!
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