Sounds a lot more popular than the naysayers proclaim. Another niche filled to cover the spectrum of needs and wants. Numbers of iPad sales totals will swamp PC sales. iPad internet traffic will notch up again.
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iPad Mini Sells Out in Two Hours at Apple's Flagship Fifth Avenue Retail Store
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I suppose all of the final reports with record sales time and again seems to have passed you by.
Won't sell well.
Overpriced.
Crappy screen.
No market niche.
Nexus 7 is better.
No Retina.
CPU is old.
RAM is weak.
Tim Cook's major failure.
Apple's greed is unrelenting.
Plenty left in my local apple store in London Westfield . And judging from previous launches, this one was the quietest.
Only issue was the screen. Everyone was complaining about it, apple has everyone sold on retina. Myself included, considering cancelling my preorder for the top spec 3G to the lowest 16gb cause live the form factor, but put off by the screen
Theses an app for that
https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/buyCharityGiftWizard
j/k
In all seriousness, I hope things get better over there
Yes u missed it. It's about overall experience for Apple. Apple does not build for spec junkies. I'm writing this on a iPad 1 that is not out dated.
What many don't realize is that those lucky people who bought an iPad Mini were actually helping the city. A new free app was just released: I Clean NY. For a $.99 in-app purchase, you can tap a map location on the screen and one cubic yard of sand is transferred back into the sea. It's truly magical.
As if these people aren't doing that as well, give them a break there lives are in as big a mess as everyone else at the moment. My point is that this is a diversion to temporarily lift the mood, bit of a morale boost. I can only imagine the nightmare that is NY at the moment, and we shouldn't begrudge these people time out from that for a moment.
We got an Asian couple here in our company who religiously take the week of new releases off to buy massive amounts of stock between them to sell them via a family member overseas. They flew over with about 20 4S and already have about 15 iPhone 5 (they came around the department and asked if we want to buy some). His brother sold the 4S for $1500 and he sold them all.
Not racist, but certainly part of the iVironment (see what I did there).
Horrible argument. Bloomberg is about to run a Marathon in NYC too, you think thats a good idea? Buying an iPad is a morale boost? Society is pretty ****ed if thats the case.
Won't sell well.
Overpriced.
Crappy screen.
No market niche.
Nexus 7 is better.
No Retina.
CPU is old.
RAM is weak.
Tim Cook's major failure.
Apple's greed is unrelenting.
As I've predicted, after a brief excitement with these short lines, the iPad Mini will FLOP. Unfortunately, it seems like the very positive reviews of the new Nexus won't help either...
Time for Apple to revolutionize again - or else.
All life is to come to a standstill? Then why are you jawing on your computer when you should be down there pulling dead bodies out of the subway tunnels?
Yes, it is a great idea. As a New Yorker, I am proudly running on Sunday. On top of the donations I have made, the people joining me will help bring hundreds of millions of dollars to the city. Right now, the city needs money more than anything else. This is New York. We grieve and we mourn, while we dig in our heels and keep moving forward.
If you go to Apple's refurbished section within the past hour they put up iPad 2 16 GB black and white for sale for $319.00. They go quickly!
Damn!! looks like I'll have to get the Ukranian iPad Mini Kirf instead
http://www.puppetshed.com/comedy/videos/new-apple-pad-mini-unboxing/
No, seriously.. it looks great and it runs on farm diesel. sweet rig.
http://www.puppetshed.com/comedy/videos/new-apple-pad-mini-unboxing/
No, seriously.. it looks great and it runs on farm diesel. sweet rig.
Maybe it's easier to buy a new, charged device than to try to find power to charge your existing one? Too soon, I know.
YAY! Steve Ballmer time.
"I dont think anybody has done a product that is the product that I see customers wanting."
Mr. B, you're so silly.
"I dont think anybody has done a product that is the product that I see customers wanting."
Mr. B, you're so silly.
AAAAND, this can be a huge opportunity for many organizations aligned with and sponsoring the marathon to get people moving and motivated to help New York and New Jersey.
This helps put more spotlight on New York. It will bring people there that will see and be moved to do something.
I often agree with you, but not this time. I think the pattern will repeat itself. Just as the iPod mini/nano went on to sell more than the iPod, the iPad mini will eventually eclipse the iPad. Perhaps not in its first iteration, but eventually. Only time will tell.
I think other manufacturers have caught on to this. The Microsoft Surface sold out as well. It is a smart move on Apple's part to do this - I believe it drives demand for their products from a lot of people. People hear it is sold out so they wonder if they can be one of the few that got one. Then they visit their local store and snatch one up. Another sale.
Personally, I'm not that interested in a iPad mini, but, I find it interesting - actually laughable - there were people who thought the iPad mini was gonna be some game changing tablet, or something on par to the premium iPad 4. This is simply an new addition and introduction to their lineup. The joke is on you, not Apple.
I'll even question if Apple with implement "retina" in the next iPad mini because the iPad 2 is still around. Until that gets killed off, I don't see iPad mini getting "retina."
I'll even question if Apple with implement "retina" in the next iPad mini because the iPad 2 is still around. Until that gets killed off, I don't see iPad mini getting "retina."