Globe to offer new iPad on May 29

Local telecommunications firm Globe Telecom said it will start selling the third-generation iPad tablet computer in the country next week. Globe said customers in the Philippines can avail of the new iPad under Tattoo data plans, the company’s broadband service, starting Tuesday, May 29. “We’re very excited to launch the incredible new iPad in the Philippines,” Peter Bithos, senior adviser for consumer business of Globe, said in a statement. The third-generation iPad was unveiled in the United States last March. It is 4G-ready and boasts of a quad-core graphics processor.