Apple Inc. fans endured some lengthy lines to buy the iPad Mini when it went on sale Friday. But the scenes were calmer than for other recent Apple launches, raising the question of whether the new device can be a blockbuster product for the holidays.

iPad Mini上周五上市时，一些地方的苹果(Apple Inc.)粉丝排起了长长的队伍。但和苹果近段时间的其他新品上市相比，场面就没有那么火爆。这让人怀疑这款新设备能不能在假日购物季火爆畅销。

Demand was strong in storm-ravaged New York, where hundreds still gathered outside Apple's flagship Fifth Avenue store. But the initial crowd of 580 fell below the 750 that greeted the launch of the last version of the iPad this March, according to counts from Piper Jaffray.

风暴肆虐之后的纽约需求旺盛，仍有数百人聚集在第五大道苹果旗舰店门外。但据投资银行Piper Jaffray清点，最初排队人数只有580人，低于今年3月份上一款iPad上市时的750人。

Elsewhere in the U.S., lines were also shorter than recent launches. In Apple's backyard of San Francisco, lines at a downtown store were half to less than a third of the size they have been for other Apple gadgets.

在美国其他地方，排队人数也少于近段时期的新品上市。在苹果后院旧金山一家位于市中心的门店，排队人数就只有苹果其他产品上市时的一半至三分之一以下。

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