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Originally Posted by mgmueller
I don't say, 1m is a bad result. But in context, this means about 2% of global spent for PCs. I'd gladly take those 2% and certainly Steve Jobs will have fun as well.
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Why compare to the PC market. Tablets will never reach that size. They'll always be a smaller market than PCs which most everyone needs in today's society.
Tablets are just for the group of people who need something between their phone and PC/laptop for doing work, reading, consuming multimedia content etc.
Tablets are really meant to supplement a computer, not replace it IMO. I 100% want a tablet badly. But I'll always have a PC or two along with it.
In any case, selling 1 million in a month is a great start. iPad doesn't fit my needs, and I'm not an Apple fan. But I'm still pleased buy it as it shows there is at least some reasonably sized market for tablets and we'll thus see a deluge of them over the next couple of years and I'll finally be able to find one that fits my needs.
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Originally Posted by KindleMan
The biggest issue with the iPad and serious readers is the number of books available from Apple. They are way behind Amazon, B & N and Sony. I'm assuming they'll catch up, but "61 Hours" by Lee Child is available from the previously mentioned sources but isn't available from Apple as of last night.
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That's an issue with iBooks, not the iPad.
That's actually a strength of the iPad (and eventually other tablets) for serious readers.
There are multiple ebook apps/stores available all on one device with no need to strip DRM and convert formats etc.
There's already a Kindle and Kobo app, and a B & N app is on the way.