China’s dead tormented by iPad 2 shortages of yet another sort

In life as in death, it kind of feels, getting your hands on an iPad 2 isn’t any easy feat. Reuters is reporting today that paper replicas of the tablet are selling out in parts of Asia, as revelers prepare to set the things ablaze during China’s Qingming festival Tuesday. As is tradition, paper versions of cash, clothing, and, yes, consumer electronics are burned as offerings to the dead, and this year Apple’s latest slate is outwardly all of the rage for expired techies — one shopkeeper in Malaysia said his stock of 300 paper iPad 2s sold out quickly, leaving him unable to fulfill demand. Sounds strangely familiar , doesn’t it?

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