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| Posted: Thu Nov 03, 2011 1:14 pm Post subject: eBay embraces the iPad |
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The online marketplace is testing a version of eBay.com dedicated to the tablet computer from Apple. By the end of the year, eBay hopes to automatically redirect consumers using iPads to the tablet-optimized site. EBay plans to accommodate more types of tablets next year.
Owners of iPads who visit touch.eBay.com/tablet will get a sneak preview of one of the biggest design changes eBay Inc. has ever undertaken. It’s an e-commerce site designed exclusively for iPad users, focused on large imagery, a preponderance of imagery, and touch-oriented interaction. The site is in beta testing mode presently, but is fully operational and can handle purchases.
EBay plans to leave beta and go live with the site by year’s end. Then, when a consumer on an iPad types in eBay.com, he will be automatically redirected to the tablet-optimized site. EBay will make the site accommodate more brands of tablets next year.
EBay began developing the tablet site as soon as it discovered that a large percentage of consumers on tablets hitting the eBay.com home page were abandoning the site.
http://www.internetretailer.com/2011/11/03/ebay-embraces-ipad |
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