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Apple, Inc. was founded in April of 1976. Since then, the number of Apple computer stores has been steadily expanding. As of November 2012, there are 394 Apple stores.
Your best bet is the Apple Store. You might also be able to find them at Costco and Toys R Us. Note: I live in Canada, so if you are American these stores may not carry ipads.
There are 51 apple retail stores in california. Most of the stores are in San Francisco and Los Angeles. There are three stores in each of the aforementioned locations.
There are many Apple Stores. They all have their own phone number. See links below for lists of online and actual retail stores.
There are currently more than 200 Apple stores worldwide: At this writing, there are: 186 in the United States; 15 in the United Kingdom; 7 in Japan; 5 in Canada; 1 in Italy According to Apple, a new store is opened about once every 3 weeks or so. See the official link below for an up-to-date list of Apple's retail store locations.
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There are over 200 Apple Stores spread across nine countries. The number continues to grow as new stores are opening all the time.
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