Fujitsu iPAD

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The Fujitsu iPAD is a lightweight handheld device that was introduced by Fujitsu, in 2002. It runs Microsoft's CE.NET operating system. It supports 802.11b wireless LAN to connect wirelessly with other company infrastructure.{{cite web|url=http://www.currentdirections.com/hardware/fujitsu/ipad100.html|title=Fujitsu IPad|access-date=January 29, 2010|archive-date=April 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100410050306/http://www.currentdirections.com/hardware/fujitsu/ipad100.html|url-status=dead}} The device can support inventory management as well as credit card payments.{{cite web|url=http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/retailing/technology/hardware/?navid=608|title=POS Hardware: Fujitsu United States|access-date=January 29, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329183515/http://www.fujitsu.com/us/services/retailing/technology/hardware/?navid=608|archive-date=March 29, 2010|url-status=dead}} In January 2010, when Apple announced the Apple iPad, there was a naming controversy between the two devices.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/technology/companies/29name.html|title=IPad? That's So 2002, Fujitsu Says |last=Tabuchi|first=Hiroko|author-link=Hiroko Tabuchi|date=January 28, 2010 |work=The New York Times|access-date=February 8, 2010}} To settle the trademark infringement allegation, Apple purchased the trademark rights from Fujitsu.{{cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2010/03/26/that-was-easy-apple-buys-ipad-trademark-from-fujitsu/|title=Apple Buys Trademark|access-date = March 27, 2010}} Some trademark analysts estimate that Apple paid Fujitsu over US$4 million in exchange for the March 17, 2010 assignment of Fujitsu's iPad trademark rights to Apple. {{cite web|work=Inside Trademarks|url=http://insidetrademarks.com/2010/03/28/apple-avoids-ipad-trademark-battle-buying-ipad-trademark-from-fujitsu|title=Apple Avoids iPad Trademark Battle – Buying iPad Trademark from Fujitsu|date=March 28, 2010|access-date=March 28, 2010}}