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Apple to announce iPad 2 on February 16th?
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http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/accessories/iPadAccessories.jsp
It's not advertised but if you look through that page you'll see that many of the iPad accessories are indeed marked down by 50% and in some cases more than 50%.
Really? Like when they announced an updated iPhone model on June 7th and it was available for pre-order on June 15th?
i agree with whoever was saying the valentine's day doesn't mean jack. i know that's today, but i don't think that will affect any ipad sales. 1st, yes it will look cheap, "hey hunny the ipad 2 is out soon, so i'm gonna take back the awesome gift i just gave you and get you the ipad 2 (which you proably don't care the difference of).
and 2, there wasn't even a sale for valentine's day on the apple store. it was just a marketing thing for them to try and sell a little more this late in the product's cycle. it makes sense, hell it'd be weird if they didn't try to push some more sales for v-day.
but it's been on sale at best buy, walmart (i think amazon), and the at&t accessories are on sale, pretty nice sale too. so they all want to be rid of their stock pretty soon. which, at this point, shouldn't be too high of a stock anyway since most people who want that stuff probably already have it. i'm sure ipad sales and accessory sales have slowed down a bit since the holidays. either way, the ipad is selling all over the world, so if there's overstock in the u.s., they can just either lower the price or release it abroad. hell, ipad just started selling in india recently. and apple just released the iphone on verizon days ago, so their focus is now on the ipad 2, or macbook pro, which i'm hoping they really care more about the ipad 2 right now, let the macbook pro wait a bit more.
anyway, i believe we'll see the release in march. so many rumors seem to claim the march thing, and while many also say april, they're just saying that because it's safe. the mac.de site that guessed the ipad 2 will be released in the first or 2nd saturday of april was wrong on their more recent rumor of the ipad event before today, so i don't give them much credibility. i think we'll probably see invites sent out this week or next, an event the week after that, then a release shortly thereafter. my guess if i had to put it for this month would be 2/22/11, sort of fitting for ipad 2, in the 2nd month of the year, blah blah, so clever. but that would mean we'll see invites today or tomorrow for an event next tuesday and a release short after that. 2 weeks at the most i think from the announcement, but i'd say much sooner.
i hope.
and 2, there wasn't even a sale for valentine's day on the apple store. it was just a marketing thing for them to try and sell a little more this late in the product's cycle. it makes sense, hell it'd be weird if they didn't try to push some more sales for v-day.
but it's been on sale at best buy, walmart (i think amazon), and the at&t accessories are on sale, pretty nice sale too. so they all want to be rid of their stock pretty soon. which, at this point, shouldn't be too high of a stock anyway since most people who want that stuff probably already have it. i'm sure ipad sales and accessory sales have slowed down a bit since the holidays. either way, the ipad is selling all over the world, so if there's overstock in the u.s., they can just either lower the price or release it abroad. hell, ipad just started selling in india recently. and apple just released the iphone on verizon days ago, so their focus is now on the ipad 2, or macbook pro, which i'm hoping they really care more about the ipad 2 right now, let the macbook pro wait a bit more.
anyway, i believe we'll see the release in march. so many rumors seem to claim the march thing, and while many also say april, they're just saying that because it's safe. the mac.de site that guessed the ipad 2 will be released in the first or 2nd saturday of april was wrong on their more recent rumor of the ipad event before today, so i don't give them much credibility. i think we'll probably see invites sent out this week or next, an event the week after that, then a release shortly thereafter. my guess if i had to put it for this month would be 2/22/11, sort of fitting for ipad 2, in the 2nd month of the year, blah blah, so clever. but that would mean we'll see invites today or tomorrow for an event next tuesday and a release short after that. 2 weeks at the most i think from the announcement, but i'd say much sooner.
i hope.
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This date makes no sense.
iPad 2 has got to be announced during a media event. The media event is usually announced two weeks prior, which makes it February 2nd, which is long gone, which also means that there will be no iPad 2 until April 1st at the earliest.
iPad 2 has got to be announced during a media event. The media event is usually announced two weeks prior, which makes it February 2nd, which is long gone, which also means that there will be no iPad 2 until April 1st at the earliest.
I do think there is a difference between a free iPod and a purchased iPad in regards to how much ill will updating the respective item afterwards generates.
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since 4.3 was delayed again til the end of february now, i wonder what that means for ipad 2 release, if anything. i'm still of the mind that ipad 2 will come released with iOS 4.3. that's not to say the same day 4.3 launches, but it'll come with 4.3 as the most recent iOS update.
so i'm still gonna guess feb. 22 announcement (or at least an announcement by the end of the month), release in early march when iOS 4.3 is ready finally.
i really don't think we'll have to wait until april for this. some people today were saying that AT&T may have screwed apple's surprise about ipad 2 by putting their accessories on sale so early, or all of a sudden, something that apple doesn't do until the new product is announced, which has led some to believe the ipad 2 announcement really is imminent, just waiting for verizon iphone news to die down. check out this article::
from beatweek magazine online
so i'm still gonna guess feb. 22 announcement (or at least an announcement by the end of the month), release in early march when iOS 4.3 is ready finally.
i really don't think we'll have to wait until april for this. some people today were saying that AT&T may have screwed apple's surprise about ipad 2 by putting their accessories on sale so early, or all of a sudden, something that apple doesn't do until the new product is announced, which has led some to believe the ipad 2 announcement really is imminent, just waiting for verizon iphone news to die down. check out this article::
from beatweek magazine online
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well now that this date has gone and past lol. Just seems very odd of apple. Their has been no solid rumors or speculations to when it will be released.
Umm no. When has Apple ever changed their plans because of another company? It would make no sense for Apple to delay profits coming in just because ATT or other sites are prereleasing info on accessories.
Beachtweak or whatever.. yeah I forgot their name because they're not really that important, knows less than someone living in Iceland when it comes to Apple's release plans. Their rumor was DOA.
As for the Verizon buzz to die down... that happened the day the vPhone was released. It was DOA. Move along with your timeline, Apple.
Beachtweak or whatever.. yeah I forgot their name because they're not really that important, knows less than someone living in Iceland when it comes to Apple's release plans. Their rumor was DOA.
As for the Verizon buzz to die down... that happened the day the vPhone was released. It was DOA. Move along with your timeline, Apple.
DOA??? How do you figure ? Broke all release day records in 2 hours, and that was between 3&5 am EST, limited to existing Verizon customers only. Sold out in 15 hours. Estimated 2 million phones. Oh, an article that picked 5 APPLE store sales, and on top of that didn't release ALL the statistics. Hardly DOA.
Move along.
Edit: Almost forgot. Those sales were done using an 8 month old phone. One that is scheduled to be updated in a few months.
lol, why do you and other people keep insisting that the Vphone was a flop when the record breaking numbers are staring you in the face?
A lot of people pre-ordered and had their phones shipped to their home, instead of waiting in a line at 7am, nothing wrong in that. People are getting smarter.
It had to completely outshine any previous offering (on AT&T) in order to "count" in some people's books. It wasn't some massive, "oh my god" kind of release, so it was written off.
On another note, the fact that you can't use data WHILE on a call on Verizon is really, really crappy. I literally do that almost every day. That's a MUST. And lastly, the 3G speeds are slower.
"Well, at least you can get a signal with Verizon". MILLIONS AND MILLIONS of people don't have an issue at all with AT&T. Not really a valid rebuttal for most people.
So, in essence, there just wasn't a lot to be excited about unless you're so tied into Verizon that leaving was never an option.
well, i hear feb. 22 being discussed...but cant we throw that out the window now?
dont they usually send out invites and stuff?
HURRY APPLE!
my money is burning a hole in my pocket!
dont they usually send out invites and stuff?
HURRY APPLE!
my money is burning a hole in my pocket!
I get you, but to simply to put the V iphone sales in the DOA category just reeeeks fanboyism. I don't see data+talk as a big deal probably because I never see myself using that feature and on top of that I never had it, but I can see how in your position ATT is the better fit.
Well the 24th is Steve Jobs birthday. The MacBook Pros roll out has been pushed back from Wednesday to Thursday so maybe there will be one more thing?
The verizon iphone Was and is nothing special. The iPhone has been out for 4 years now. It's just now on a new network. The real kicker will be when iPhone 5 comes out and everyone is lined up at apple and VERIZON stores while AT&T sees a major difference in fanfare.
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