Apple Announces Three Million iPads Sold in 80 Days

[robotmonkey]

Try browsing the web or checking email for any length of time on an iPhone. Not very good, huh? But fine on an iPad's big, comfortable screen. Or try using a notebook for 9 hours. Try holding a netbook or a notebook for even one hour. Gets pretty heavy after a while, doesn't it? Not an iPad. Try reading an ebook on your patio with a notebook. Doesn't work so well, does it? An iPad is like a Kindle, very comfortable and natural.

An iPad won't replace an iPhone (really apples and oranges), but it can replace a heavy, short battery life notebook, especially in the areas of browsing and email.

I love mail and safari on the iphone because it is so much easier to type on the smaller keyboard. I can type just as fast on an iphone as a physical computer keyboard. Using an ipad for 9 hours??? My arm got tired from holding it after 10 minutes! However, I do like the the bigger screen for books, you got me there, but that to me can't possibly justify the cost. If it was 100 dollars... MAYBE. The e-reader thing is the only thing about it that appeals to me so for me to be interested it would have to be priced competitively. But I just used my girlfriend's stepdad's new iphone 4, and let me say it is just fine for book reading. Why would I hold a notebook???? They are made for either a lap or a table, so one should never have to hold one. However, one pretty much has to hold or somehow prop up an ipad... it was probably one of the most uncomfortable things I Have ever used. My MBP will last all day as far as battery goes, but my point is that with either an ipad or a notebook you have to carry it in some sort of bag, but an iphone can fit in your pocket and it can do what an ipad can, some things better because it is easier to control a small screen with the human hand.

And I would call it a "big comfortable screen" for viewing purposes only (though the iphones is plenty big for everything). It is so much harder to type and just do things on it than an iphone because the size of it is cumbersome to the human hand.

 

[robotmonkey]

I think it's because most of us that frequent these boards are probably (at minimum) are technology enthusiasts - we want something more like a computer.

The consumer masses values a product slightly differently; they are not "into" tech jargon - they want a great media tablet that can also do other stuff - in otherwords they want a big iPod. Apple generally have been able meet their expectations. (just remember the original iPod touch didn't do much either).

I read alot of the failed this and failed that comments - most of them deal with technology that consumers don't even know or care about.


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Yes, and that's the type of device I want for day to day use. But I have had one since 2007, and it even has a phone!!! Besides that cool feature, I don't need to worry about the cumbersome size; I can just slide it in my pocket. OOo and the new version of the media tablet I have is even more powerful than the ipad, so I still don't see the point from either a casual or techy perspective.

 

[Lesser Evets]

This device is a total failure. Almost completely useless!

All it does is play movies, play music, browses the internet, does email, runs apps, makes documents, plays games, and connects via wifi and a dock and stuff. It DOESN'T ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING ELSE. Can it render CGI animation, like everyone else is doing? NO! Can it play bloatech games?? NO! wtf. Who is buying this stuff??

Makes no sense.
It doesn't even fold up.
A device without a cover or a hinge is just.... ridiculous!
/sarcasm

I'd be buying one NOW, but it is so obvious that within a year this device will be tricked out with better resolution, memory, processor, everything.
Can't wait, but I gotta wait.

 

[JHankwitz]

Next iPad

I can't believe apple did this. Just goes to show you why we should all wait for the next iPad

You ain't seen nothing yet. When the iPad comes out with a front facing camers, it's going to revolutionize the world. Kiss all the competition goodby.

 

[petvas]

My first impression of the ipad was "toy". Now, however, I'm having dreams of the ipad...time to take the plunge?

This was my first reaction also. Today it is the second day I have my iPad and I am very happy with it. It nicely fills a gap that exists between a laptop and a smartphone. It is fast, works flawlessly and the things it does, it does them much better than any of the currently available netbooks. My only problem with it is its weight. I wish it could be 100g lighter.

 

[nixiemaiden]

Probably because out of that 300M only maybe 500k have a dang clue!

Likewise there are 2 groups who stay away from the iPad

1) techies who insist everything must be open open open, and/or they want a choice in hardware, or feel the apple hardware is lacking in some way.

There are also the techies who don't really like apple's closed ecosystem and would prefer better hardware and openness but are willing to sacrifice due to lack of a better alternative.

 

[robogobo]

I'm amazed by the retards who bash something they've never even seen or tried out. These are undoubtedly the same people who support religious extremists and biggots you hear flapping their pie hole on tv. How comical and sad.

 

[cmaier]

True, but there are some very significant problems with the first iPad. The most important is the meager 128 MB of RAM, which is already severely limiting (web pages have to reload often, etc.), ...

How do you figure it's 128MB? It's 256MB.

 

[robotmonkey]

I'm amazed by the retards who bash something they've never even seen or tried out. These are undoubtedly the same people who support religious extremists and biggots you hear flapping their pie hole on tv. How comical and sad.

I'm an atheist and I have used my grandfather's extensively, and I still don't like it. I'd like you to apologize for that rude, discriminating, and inflammatory statement.

 

[robotmonkey]

This device is a total failure. Almost completely useless!

All it does is play movies, play music, browses the internet, does email, runs apps, makes documents, plays games, and connects via wifi and a dock and stuff. It DOESN'T ACTUALLY DO ANYTHING ELSE. Can it render CGI animation, like everyone else is doing? NO! Can it play bloatech games?? NO! wtf. Who is buying this stuff??

Makes no sense.
It doesn't even fold up.
A device without a cover or a hinge is just.... ridiculous!
/sarcasm

I'd be buying one NOW, but it is so obvious that within a year this device will be tricked out with better resolution, memory, processor, everything.
Can't wait, but I gotta wait.

You could have had one since 2007, but that one can fit in you pocket, costs less, and it doubles as a phone. I guess the bigger screen at a lower res than an iphone 4 is nice, and the ease of carrying it with either a bag or by hand makes it trump the iphone (/sarcasm). When I want something as simple and light as an iPad, an iphone works just as well--or better. In fact, when I want something simple and light like that, I expect to be able to just slip it in my pocket instead of putting it in a man purse. When I need something that can do more, an iPad just won't work. So, those are the two categories of computing: casual surfing/usage and power usage. The iPad is second in both of these to other apple products.

Like I said before, an ipad can only supplement a phone and a computer, which would be nice if one has the financial means to own an iphone, ipad, and macbook.

 

[robotmonkey]

How do you figure it's 128MB? It's 256MB.

It's still less than the iphone 4, which is kind of pathetic.

 

[iEvolution]

I'm amazed by the retards who bash something they've never even seen or tried out. These are undoubtedly the same people who support religious extremists and biggots you hear flapping their pie hole on tv. How comical and sad.

Well I don't need to use one to make a determination if I want one. Its clearly nothing more than a giant iPod touch with 1/3rd of the function a independent computer has.

Its just another walled garden for apple and people are buying into the product's hype.

Here it is about 3 months later and its ALREADY getting outdated, the iPhone 4 is offering a better resolution screen and more memory.

You have money to blow or are very uninformed if one were to pick a $829 iPad over a $829 laptop. The equiv. laptop would have likely triple the space, triple the function..the only "disadvantage" is maybe mobility and even then I've heard several say how heavy it is.

I'm not paying $829 for a product that only has 64GB of Space, limited to iTunes, and has the same basic functionality of a iPod Touch with a larger screen, and I'm certainly not allowing ol' stevie boy tell me what I can or can't install on a $829 tablet.

 

[robotmonkey]

I'm amazed by the retards who bash something they've never even seen or tried out. These are undoubtedly the same people who support religious extremists and biggots you hear flapping their pie hole on tv. How comical and sad.

And just because you were so hypocritical, rude, and idiotic I'd like to dissect your post with a second response. Who are these religious extremists on TV, because religious extremism is nothing like Glen Beck, if that's the type of person you were referring to. Bigots? You used the word retard in a negative connotation, described an entire group of people as religious extremists and bigots (by the way, it has one g not two) simply because they don't like a device for legitimate reasons, you described those on television that you don't agree with as "flapping their pie hole", and said that it is comical and sad that people don't like the ipad in such a way that it suggests you are above them. So, exactly who is the bigot?

 

[HLdan]

You could be right too but there was a reason why ppl had so much negative attitude towards it. I am great Apple fan but I would give credit where it is due but iPad? Big ass iPod Touch? Just because it has App store it is selling well but "magical"? No way!!

What problem are you having that it's just a "Big Ass iPod Touch"? What's your problem about that? You make it sound like it's a problem. Get over the "magical" words, honestly some of you need to get over that and get on with life, it's just a marketing term. Obviously mission was accomplished, so many people KEEP talking about it.

 

[paul4339]

Yes, and that's the type of device I want for day to day use. But I have had one since 2007, and it even has a phone!!! Besides that cool feature, I don't need to worry about the cumbersome size; I can just slide it in my pocket. OOo and the new version of the media tablet I have is even more powerful than the ipad, so I still don't see the point from either a casual or techy perspective.

that's my point. you are looking at it from a power & tech perspective (even for casual usage). The mentioned consumer masses, don't see it that way.

they look at the app store. they look at the style. they look at the brand.
These are very important to the consumer - and some of it is irrational to the techie. (many people want 8x10" size, they _value_ style, they want trusted, solid consumer product, they want the consistency, easy of use and convenience)

Archos, for example, IMO, has an excellent product, but unless they can show this value _to the masses_ , there's no way it'll compare against the iPad.



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[iKrl]

The company is also gearing up for its next round of international iPad launches set for next month, with the device set to go on sale in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore. Pricing and pre-order information for those countries is yet to be announced.

Article Link: Apple Announces Three Million iPads Sold in 80 Days

When?! please Apple tell those nine countries when because I live in one of them and I really want an iPad!

 

[Kebabselector]

It's still less than the iphone 4, which is kind of pathetic.

Things move on and get updated. I've not noticed anyone complain at any sluggishness on the iPad. Sure the memory isn't great, but the software looks to manage the memory correctly.

 

[HLdan]

Half the audience here will be with me, the other half against. But is this really that surprising?

I was one of the sceptics when the iPad was first announced, one of the many that said "is that it"? But here I am typing this post on an iPad. I first used it about three weeks ago in the local Apple reseller and I was amazed by just how emotional the experience was - not in the "I live Apple" sense: moor in the sense that it felt more natural than using a laptop.

On top of all that, like most people I use a laptop to surf the web and send emails. I do nothing other than that. However with the ipad I have a chance to use all the other little apps to do things that I would not normally do

The product is amazing, not 2 ways about it.

Well, I guess I'm on the half that's not with you. Not because I don't agree with you, but because you're the perfect example of someone who throws out hate on the iPad before trying out and it scares many others away. Now you're the proud owner of an iPad and are changing your words.
I hope others here read your post before spewing hate for the iPad and wait until they've fully tried it out to see everything it can do. But anyways, congrats.

 

[Bytor65]

Archos, for example, IMO, has an excellent product, but unless they can show this value _to the masses_ , there's no way it'll compare against the iPad.

Excellent? Where? I was interested in an Archos5.

But crappier TN screens, crappier Resistive single touch, and add in a pile of rough edges, very old Android, no Google Appstore ...

I don't think informing the masses is their only issue.

 

[Trek2100]

I Can Prove It's Magical

Some background. My wife is basically anti-computer. Not dumb, just does not like technology. When she was in her Masters program at Johns Hopkins University I had to do her computer assignments for her (back in the Basic programming, Word Perfect and Lotus 1-2-3 days). I still have to go to websites for her and enter sweepstakes, etc. She just doesn't like them. Now for the "Magical" part. She went to the Apple store (all by herself) the Friday before Father's day. The Apple employee showed her the iPad and how it worked. She was impressed at the ease of use and the applications. She especially liked the iBooks, photos and movies. Result - for Father's day she gave me an Apple gift card in the amount of an iPad. Now THAT'S MAGICAL!!!!! I may not have been in the first 3,000,000 but I'll be in the second 3,000,000. I'm on the in-store reservation waiting list, ugh

 

[karlwig]

Next year ipad will have retina display(crossing fingers), camera, more ram.

If you say so, mmmmh, that sounds good. Add just one USB port next to the dock connector and release an iOS4 update that supports transfer of a selection of photo, video, audio and text formats with external hard drives and USB devices, and we're all set.

It should be easy to do this without introducing serious file management; just have video and audio be automaticly sorted into the iPod app, photos in the photo app and text into iBooks.

For transfer to the USB devices, let there be a menu option that pops up if you "right click" on the media icons (in the Ipads case, a two-finger tap on the file for instance) while such USB devices are connected. Voila! iPad becomes a serious computer that stands on its own, without messing with the closed App ecosystem which we know Apple would not want to open up anyway. So, allow jpgs, RAWs, most video formats, txt, docs, pdfs, mp3s, mp4s, wav etc etc but restrict transfer both ways of Apps, system files etc etc.

It would make the iPad so awesome. Anybody with me?

 

[Hairball]

I'll pick up mine in the fall after iOS4 is loaded from the factory.

 

[Rot'nApple]

I think we have differing definitions of "gaining steam". I define that as an increasing number of people buy a device. I purposely didn't include expanding into countries that know it's coming. For example, I would like to see how US sales only are doing. The picture is blurred when new markets are expanded into.

Okay, I'll cede you that.

But should not the iPad be out in the states for a year, so one can judge on a month by month, season by season time period of sales made? That way this year sales can be judged against next years, new and improved iPad mode for comparison?

 

[mlblacy]

Yeah... 11,000 is nothing

I just have to ask, what is so great about the iPad? there are almost no native iPad apps which sucks!

Yeah...sucks,lol.


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[paul4339]

Excellent? Where? I was interested in an Archos5.

But crappier TN screens, crappier Resistive single touch, and add in a pile of rough edges, very old Android, no Google Appstore ...

I don't think informing the masses is their only issue.

good points ... just goes to show that even that product doesn't appeal to some technically inclined, nevermind the common consumer.

I just tried to use Archos as an example of a device that may appeal to many techies, but probably won't appeal to the masses. Substitute any device you want.

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