05-04-2010, 09:20 AM | #1 |
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Apple 'sells 1m iPads in a month'
iPad sales .... [BBC web link]
Just four weeks after release Apple has announced it has sold one million iPads. ...and that is "just" in the US ..... |
05-04-2010, 09:31 AM | #2 |
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1m lost souls....
Honestly, I have held one of those iPads and I honestly do not understand the hype of it. It claims to fill the gap between the handheld and the pc. What gap? I personally never experienced that gap... What do I not like? The weight, the size, the battery life, the screen and the Apple Store. |
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05-04-2010, 09:56 AM | #3 |
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That is a ton of sales, wonder if that includes sale to store inventories like Best Buy Etc who ultimately haven't been sold yet to the consumer
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05-04-2010, 10:56 AM | #4 | |
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I need a tablet for reading and marking up A4 PDFs instead of printing them out (reading on a computer or laptop sucks because of the form factor), marking up Word document, reading magazines, reading comics, surfing the net on the couch, watching streaming video in bed etc. I'd also probably ditch my Kindle and just read novels on it since I just read a chapter or two a day a few times a week I don't really care about having e-ink. I've also never saw a need for a smart phone as I hate reading, surfing the web etc. on such small screens, which I guess makes the gap bigger for me. |
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05-04-2010, 11:05 AM | #5 |
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cheerio, given that the iPad is sold out almost everywhere, that number would be so small as to be irrelevant.
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05-04-2010, 11:19 AM | #6 |
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They also claim 1.5m ebook downloads. Since 1m of those are probably 'Winnie the Pooh' freebies, that's 500,000 actual sales, which is still quite significant.
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05-04-2010, 11:35 AM | #7 | |
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What's the average price of eBooks from Apple? Let's assume, it's not the "aggressive" $ 10 from Amazon, but $ 15. That's $ 7.5 million. Linearly extrapolated, this would be $ 90 million for a whole year. Maybe even less, the initial phase should have hyped up sales. That's way less than Amazon - and it's still "nothing" compared to paper books. Interesting would be, to compare the 500.000 eBooks to the number of additional movies/TV episodes. Probably would be way bigger. |
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Personally, I find their products mediocre at best. My iMac certainly has been the first and only PC from Apple. iPhone has been voted "worst phone" ever by NYT - and I agree. And actually, their iPhone sales aren't really that good. Siemens ICM did drop out of business with similar figures. But: iTunes is a great cash generator. And Apple cleverly understands, to hype up even the smallest of sales figures. Without even having seen it: I'm absolutely sure, iPad will have NOTHING new or even spectacular. But for some reason they they have loyal followers - which HP or Sony for similar products don't have. |
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05-04-2010, 11:42 AM | #9 |
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05-04-2010, 01:24 PM | #10 |
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I was going to buy one for my father today while I am staying in the US. But most stores are sold out. And online order takes at least 5-7 business days. That's after my flight back. ;(
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I'll be very interested in what HP do in the tablet space over the coming year or two, especially with the acquisition of Palm. But I'll probably be buying an iPad because it seems to be able to do what I want, well enough, to be worthwhile. And if it doesn't, then I'm sure it'll be just fine as a big iPod. Cheers, Pete |
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When Apple makes more on iPhones than HP does on printer ink, then I'll be impressed with the gullibility of Apple fans. Right now I'm more impressed that people still buy printer cartridges to print cute pictures at home... |
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05-04-2010, 03:43 PM | #13 |
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iPad is a cool device and they are selling for a reason, they aren't exactly inexpensive
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As to gullible Apple fans, no, no-one has to share my values exactly. However, anyone who willing gives money to a company that does this is gullible. Last edited by MovieBird; 05-04-2010 at 04:14 PM. |
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