Is Apple betting the farm on the new iPad (iPad3 or iPadHD or ?)?

[ScotiaBurrell]

Originally Posted by Sil_liS

What do you consider to be a good measure?
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Sells by make and model. As others say - os used in phone and tablet.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I'm not sure this is a very sensible way to determine "operating system share". There are an awful lot of Android and iOS Smartphones out there, but I very much doubt that many people use a Smartphone as a replacement for a PC, whereas there probably are people who use a tablet as a PC replacement.

We're discussing tablet sales, not phone sales. So it's iOS tablets vs Android tablets.

[ScotiaBurrell]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Because the very first thing I consider when buying a tablet is its operating system. After that, the model. With iOS, you only have one choice. With Android, you have a ton of choices.

For all computing I consider how it will be used first. Then with an idea of whats available, read reviews next and then look for reliability info. Then I go out and do hands on.

[ScotiaBurrell]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

We're discussing tablet sales, not phone sales. So it's iOS tablets vs Android tablets.

Best tablets seem to be transformer and ipad. Just saying android tablets seems generic. Specify!

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

We're discussing tablet sales, not phone sales. So it's iOS tablets vs Android tablets.

Does the graph posted previously exclude phone sales? It wasn't clear to me that it did.

[Sil_liS]

Originally Posted by ScotiaBurrell

Sells by make and model. As others say - os used in phone and tablet.

I don't see the advantage of going by model, because you currently have 6 models of iPads per generation and 3 generations. Do you really think that it would be useful to know how many of each of the 18 models of iPads are sold each quarter?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by ScotiaBurrell

Best tablets seem to be transformer and ipad. Just saying android tablets seems generic. Specify!

And it will be as long as iOS only has one tablet choice. When given different choices, people will take advantage of it; thus diluting individual model sales. If Apple allowed other makers to use iOS, you'd see iPad sales drop as people buy models from other makers with different feature sets.

[ScotiaBurrell]

Originally Posted by Sil_liS

I don't see the advantage of going by model, because you currently have 6 models of iPads per generation and 3 generations. Do you really think that it would be useful to know how many of each of the 18 models of iPads are sold each quarter?

All the same - no, ok - all the same except for manner of connection. Memory not so big a deal. Count ipad old screen, i pad new with wireless, and ipad new with 4g. 3 models. Not so difficult.

[Sil_liS]

Originally Posted by HarryT

Does the graph posted previously exclude phone sales? It wasn't clear to me that it did.

If you mean the graph that I posted, it included everything. My point for posting that graph was that Windows has a lot of users and if MS can bring a good option for tablet OS to the market they can take a good piece of it.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Sil_liS

I don't see the advantage of going by model, because you currently have 6 models of iPads per generation and 3 generations. Do you really think that it would be useful to know how many of each of the 18 models of iPads are sold each quarter?

Let's compare sales of the Kindle Fire with the iPad 2 64GB 3G + WiFi.

[Sil_liS]

Originally Posted by ScotiaBurrell

All the same - no, ok - all the same except for manner of connection. Memory not so big a deal. Count ipad old screen, i pad new with wireless, and ipad new with 4g. 3 models. Not so difficult.

This seems like a random way to choose the categories. At least go with old/new, wifi/(wifi+3/4G), 4 models.

[Sil_liS]

Originally Posted by tubemonkey

Let's compare sales of the Kindle Fire with the iPad 2 64GB 3G + WiFi.

We could throw darts and choose a limited number of models that way.

[ilovejedd]

Originally Posted by ScotiaBurrell

Best tablets seem to be transformer and ipad. Just saying android tablets seems generic. Specify!

I had the chance to play with a Transformer Prime at Office Depot. Very nice and surprisingly lightweight for its size. Definitely lighter than an iPad 2. It had Honeycomb installed so had to tap a bunch of icons to familiarize myself with the interface (I'm used to Froyo/Gingerbread). Buying the 1920x1200 model (Transformer Pad Infinity) when it comes out.

As tubemonkey has mentioned, though, Android tablets are often seen in a generic fashion (much like computers running Windows). Since the OS is more or less the same, majority of the time, the biggest reason folks would choose one Android tablet over another is price (given both meet the minimum feature set required by the user).

[Andrew H.]

Originally Posted by Belfaborac

For a huge number of people, a tablet is a perfectly adequate replacement for a "proper" computer. There's no shortage of people whose only computer use consists of sending e-mails, checking and updating Facebook, chatting, browsing and some very light photo editing. In fact, I'd say that's the case for almost everyone I know.

My 77 y.o. mom would fall into that use category, and I've thought about giving her an iPad. Except she likes her 22" monitor too much.

[ScotiaBurrell]

Originally Posted by ilovejedd

Android tablets are often seen in a generic fashion (much like computers running Windows).

Android tablets well known - transformer, fire and nook. with ipad now form a top four of tablets on market.


Also i have favorite windows pc manufacturers. Not buy on price.