Libor Kubín Malinga ndi Associated Press, Apple ndi kampani yaku China ProView Technology apanga mgwirizano womaliza pakugwiritsa ntchito chizindikiro cha iPad patatha miyezi ingapo. Malipiro omwe adakwana madola 60 miliyoni adasamutsidwa ku akaunti ya khothi la China.
Kampani ya ProView Technology inayamba kugwiritsa ntchito dzina la iPad m’chaka cha 2000. Panthawiyo, inkatulutsa makompyuta amene ankaoneka ngati a m’badwo woyamba wa iMacs.
Mu 2009, Apple idakwanitsa kupeza ufulu wa chizindikiro cha iPad m'maiko angapo kudzera mu kampani yabodza ya IP Application Development kwa $55 yokha. Ufulu udagulitsidwa kwa iwo (zodabwitsa) ndi amayi aku Taiwan a Pro View - International Holdings. Koma khotilo linagamula kuti kugulako kunali kosavomerezeka. Mkanganowo udakula kwambiri mpaka adaletsedwa kugulitsa iPad ku China.
Mlandu wa ProView Technology uli ndi mfundo zingapo zosangalatsa. Kampani yaku China imanena kuti Apple, kapena chinthu chomwe chili ndi mtundu womwewo, ndichomwe chachititsa kuti chilephereke pamsika wamba. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, makompyuta amtundu wa iPad amapangidwa kuyambira 2000, ndipo kampani ya Cupertino inalowa mu msika wa China ndi piritsi yake yokha mu 2010. Komanso, ProView Technology inanena kuti inali ndi ufulu wachi China ku chizindikiro, kotero kuti a Taiwan sakanatha kugulitsa. iwo ku Apple.
Kale kumayambiriro kwa milandu ya khothi (mu December 2011), woimira kampaniyo anauza Apple kuti: "Anagulitsa katundu wawo mophwanya lamulo. Akamagulitsa zinthu zambiri, m’pamenenso ankafunika kulipira ndalama zambiri.” Poyamba Apple inapereka ndalama zokwana madola 16 miliyoni. Koma ProView idafuna $400 miliyoni. Kampaniyo ndiyopanda ndalama ndipo ili ndi ngongole zokwana madola 180 miliyoni.
Chabwino, sizingawathandize, amafunikira 3x mochuluka :D ndipo tsopano, ndikadakhala Apple, ndikadanyenga aku China kukhala 20% mtengo wapamwamba wa iPads.