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If your iPad runs out of fuel your car may offer an optimum charging solution, according to Chinese firm Mettei Technology, which is peddling its USB car charger for the fruity device.

Now that the frenzied craziness that is Computex Taipei is done and dusted for another year, we can all take a step back and take a look at some of this year’s winners and losers.

China Telecom, the Chinese telecommunications operator, launched its first 3G tablet on Monday, un-originally dubbed the LifePad.

At long last Apple has woken up to the fact there is a whole world outside the great US of A, and has started rolling out its iPad store internationally, albeit in rather piecemeal, half-baked fashion.

This past week, RCR has been playing with the 32GB 3G version of the iPad, released Friday 30th April to the awaiting queues of unwashed masses. Sure, it cost a rather hefty $130 more than the Wi-Fi-only variety of the same size, but the idea of ubiquitous connectivity proved irresistible.

Koreans, it would appear, are willing to pay over and above the established retail price for Apple’s iPad in order to get their tech savvy hands on one before the official release date in Korea.

Admittedly, I didn’t really want to like the iPad. As an Apple agnostic verging on Apple atheist, I had only the merest hint of curiosity about testing the way over-hyped device and was determined to dislike it.