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Apple Estimated to Have Taken 50,000 iPad Orders in First Two Hours
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I wonder if the west coast crowd slept-in a bit before ordering at 5:30 PST. I'd be curious to know what the sales numbers are at the end of today.
You speak the truth. I'm just waiting for that moment a week after its released with News articles like "iPad users are beginning to experience pain in neck/hands" or "iPad users are feeling the limitations of the device".
Do you ever only buy one per order?
I was poking fun at the ridiculous cost that goes into concert tickets, it's pretty outrageous.
I work at a very high-tech job and made an unscientific informal poll of my co-workers. Almost everyone said that they were going to get an iPad, but were waiting until they hit the stores to actually get it.
I guess I'm the risky one.
But the real interesting number will be what the sales figures look like on April 10th -- after a week of in-store sales when people can actually pick one up and try it.
I guess I'm the risky one.
But the real interesting number will be what the sales figures look like on April 10th -- after a week of in-store sales when people can actually pick one up and try it.
All depends on your location. I walked up on launch day of the 3GS, stood in line for about 20 minutes and bought one without any problems. The line would have been faster if they had more people working to do the transaction.
You can't seem to reserve the 3G model right now. You can pre-order it, just not reserve it.
Blah ... not even knowing when the 3G model is coming out is killing me.
Blah ... not even knowing when the 3G model is coming out is killing me.
If these numbers are at all acurate AND if they keep up a good pace over the next two weeks then the iPad is going to launch with far bigger numbers than the first iPhone did.
Which wouldn't surprise me, but it's good to see some data coming in instead of just guesses. (Even if it is somehow unreliable at the moment.)
Which wouldn't surprise me, but it's good to see some data coming in instead of just guesses. (Even if it is somehow unreliable at the moment.)
fully agree. who needs 10h battery time for just a single app at a time. I rather run 10 apps in parrallel for a whole hour
(oh, and whoever thinks there will be an OS upgrade with multitasking must be dreaming...)
I absolutely agree. But the same thing happens in the MacBook Air forums, the Apple TV forums, iPhone forums, etc. Trolls?
But it makes for an interesting debate. I for one can't wait for the FedEx truck to arrive.
They're already on eBay... at a premium of course.
No doubt that a lot of these are being sold to resellers wanting to take advantage of early buyers around the world.
No doubt that a lot of these are being sold to resellers wanting to take advantage of early buyers around the world.
from what has been going around, volume orders will not be allowed until after the first weekend
The average user will use spreadsheets for simple tasks
How is it painful, err, PAINFUL?
What if you are surfing the web and want to listen to your iPod collection?
They have a case for that.
It won't be that bad, and in any case they support bluetooth keyboards.
That is FUD.
So you can judge the user experience from a picture. People, who you know actually played with it hands on, said that the device and its applications are very responsive and fast.
Then why do you own a computer at all?
Among other things. You mean there weren't pictures that you could base an opinion off of.
uhhh ....
Sometimes people reactively oppose shiny new stuff because they fail to realize its purpose and abilities in the grand scheme of things. Furthermore, they can't look past their own uses to see how it could be beneficial to others.
I'm waiting till Tuesday if the new MBP don't release im pulling the trigger and ordering a iPad 3G. Sounds like a win win situation to me!
well you could order an iPad, OR for the same price you can have TWO dell netbooks. They are actually on sale through Dell EPP for $240 shipped today : http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=6099&l=en&oc=DNPSAN5&s=eep
The recession was an illusion - just ask the AIG executives. Billions of dollars in bonuses to a company who had to be bailed out. Huh?!?
They have to try to dampen the enthusiasm somehow.
I'd imagine worldwide the demand will be huge.
Over-sized.
Over-priced.
Over-hyped.
Under-powered.
Perfectly pointless device specially crafted for warped minds of capitalist consumer societies. I am sure it will sell on the west - east, however, will ignore it for sure
Over-priced.
Over-hyped.
Under-powered.
Perfectly pointless device specially crafted for warped minds of capitalist consumer societies. I am sure it will sell on the west - east, however, will ignore it for sure
I'm waiting till Tuesday if the new MBP don't release im pulling the trigger and ordering a iPad 3G. Sounds like a win win situation to me!
how about ordering it today and cancel the order if the MBP doesnt come out. That way you don't risk them selling out of preorders if you wait till Tuesday