The iPad continues its success. Apple has now increased production of its tablet from 1 million units per month to 2 million. More good news: Despite strong demand, [Analyst Katy Huberty with Morgan Stanley]reiterated that the iPad has not cannibalized sales of Macs. She noted that U.S. Mac sales are tracking up 20 to 25 [...]
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iPad and Fast Money
Posted: 31st August 2010 by Brant in biz, techTags: Apple, CNBC, Fast Money (CNBC), iPad, media, TV
iPads have taken over on the set of CNBC’s program Fast Money. Disclosure: I own Apple stock.
Tech quote of the day (updated)
Posted: 27th August 2010 by Brant in biz, culture, techTags: Apple, iPad, iPhone, Newspaper, USA Today
Image by cuttlefish via Flickr We have to go where the audience is. If people are hitting the iPad like crazy, or the iPhone or other mobile devices, we’ve got to be there with the content they want, when they want it. – USA Today Editor John Hillkirk, commenting on a major reorganization of the [...]
Tech happenings
Posted: 22nd August 2010 by Brant in biz, techTags: Apple, iPad, iPhone, Smartphones
Marco Armet offers a brief history lesson in pictures. It graphically reminds one that Apple has totally changed cellphones in just three years with its ground-breaking iPhone, and what that might portend for the future of computers. Disclosure: I am long in Apple.
Tech quote of the day (updated)
Posted: 20th August 2010 by Brant in biz, techTags: Acer, Android, Apple, iPad, lg, tablet
Our tablet will be better than the iPad. – Chang Ma, vice president of marketing for LG‘s mobile-devices unit. Added to calendar for review one year from now. Disclosure: I own Apple stock. Update: Another quote for the calendar, this one from Acer. Its Chairman says that the iPad market share will soon drop from [...]
Tech quote of the day
Posted: 30th July 2010 by Brant in biz, techTags: Ballmer, iPad, Microsoft, tablets
Today, one of the top issues on my mind, hey there’s a category — tablets. Apple has done an interesting job. They’ve sold more than I’d like them to sell. We think about that. So it’s our job to say, we have got to make things happen. Just like we made things happen with netbooks, [...]
First killer app for the iPad?
Posted: 23rd July 2010 by Brant in culture, techTags: Apple, Facebook, Flipboard, fun, iPad, media, Twitter
As with any platform, the iPad creates a new experience for users and opportunities for creative developers to create entirely new and compelling applications. While several apps for the iPad have been extremely popular (like the ABC player app and the terrific Netflix streaming app), in my view the first true “killer app” for the [...]
iPad to launch in 9 more countries this Friday
Posted: 19th July 2010 by Brant in biz, techTags: Apple, iPad
Official Apple announcement.
At least in the view of this Intel employee, netbooks are coming under extreme pressure from the iPad. The above is an excerpt from a longer discussion that is available on FORA.tv here. More details on the extent of the threat are available here. Excerpt: The iPad is starting to grab market share from Netbooks, [...]
Technologizer just released a survey of iPad satisfaction. The result is no real surprise to those have used one. We gave [iPad purchasers] a few weeks to explore their new gadgets. And then we fielded a survey earlier this month to gauge the satisfaction level of some of the first iPad owners. More than six [...]
Über-cautious headline of the day
Posted: 9th June 2010 by Brant in culture, techTags: Apple, AT&T, iPad, media, New York Times, privacy
AT&T Is Said to Have Exposed iPad Owners’ E-Mail Addresses – New York Times totally non-commital headline (said to have exposed), referring to what may be a very serious story. Why cover it at all if you have no clue as to its true import?
Apple/iPad/iTunes TV
Posted: 6th June 2010 by Brant in biz, techTags: Apple, Apple TV, iPad, media, TV
Adam Lisagor has written a (long) essay speculating on the experience of watching video on an iPad, and what may be coming in the near future by way of Apple TV. I don’t agree with it all but he is right, I think, in speculating that the iPad is a key part of the future [...]
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Here is a great compendium of quotes about the virtually certain failure of the iPad. I guess the 2 Million in sales in two months may cast some question as to the accuracy of these predictions. A couple of my favorites: “Anyone who believes this thing is a game changer is a tool.” Paul Thurrott, [...]
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That’s right. Apple has just announced that they have now sold 2 million iPads. That is 2 million in just 59 days, or about 34,000 per day. At an assumed average selling price of $650, that amounts to $1,300,000,000 in revenue.