Actually it wouldn't over count these people. The way they are making the estimate is by looking at at a representative chunk of the Internet, at a specific time, and then they are extrapolating the total number of ipads from that number. I think these guys know a bit more about statistics than the folks in this blog.
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iPad Sales Estimated to Have Already Surpassed 500,000
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Actually it wouldn't over count these people. The way they are making the estimate is by looking at at a representative chunk of the Internet, at a specific time, and then they are extrapolating the total number of ipads from that number. I think these guys know a bit more about statistics than the folks in this blog.
I thought the same, but if they happen to have ads in (say) google, facebook and a couple more then the number should be at least pretty close to reality.
An exact number down to the last 2 digits. Now correct me if I'm wrong, but if this were a non-Apple product that gave such exact numbers, I wonder what the reaction here would be (besides "...841,920 fools who should have bought Apple instead. tee-hee")?
Could it be Apple took the highest estimate and went w/ it because it was the highest, there by assuming success?
Could it be Apple took the highest estimate and went w/ it because it was the highest, there by assuming success?
Why are you saying Apple reported that number?
Well there are two ways you could have spent the last year.
1. You could troll around sites bashing Apple products because you believe the world must conform to your way of thinking.
2. You could have invested a couple thousand dollars in Apple stock and watched your money grow.
I see more bitterness on the horizon...
I manage a video rental store and deal with TONS of people every, single, day, who don't like the movies they watch. Oscar winners? Crap. Critical successes? Garbage. Big box office? Drivel. Small studios? Boring. Foreign Language? Read?
And yet. We rent out thousands of movies to them week after week.
I know one couple that hasn't liked one single movie in the 5 years I've been renting to them.
Why do they even bother. Read a book. Do something, anything, else.
I just never realized how many of them posted on MR as well.
Dave
And yet. We rent out thousands of movies to them week after week.
I know one couple that hasn't liked one single movie in the 5 years I've been renting to them.
Why do they even bother. Read a book. Do something, anything, else.
I just never realized how many of them posted on MR as well.
Dave
I see. Non-Apple bashing here, fine and dandy. Looking at a story objectively (you know, the pros AND cons) is trolling.
You wonder why some outside the bubble find the hypocritical attitude of Apple users somewhat of a turn-off... to put it mildly.
The fact that you'll instantly downplay the initial success of a non-Apple product and take an Apple press release (PR) at face value says a lot about you guys. lol
I got many Apple products, but I sure haven't lost my bearings.
Here's a little bit of a black rain cloud for you to instantly dismiss:
Windows 7 surpasses 10% market shareWindows 7 surpasses 10% market share
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/ne...s-10-market-share.ars?comments=1#comments-bar
They should have a deal where you turn in your defective Toyota for an ipad.
Better yet, why not have an app that allows you to activate the breaks of your Toyota with your ipad.
Better yet, why not have an app that allows you to activate the breaks of your Toyota with your ipad.
Also, quite fascinating (to the Nth degree) about conforming to another person's way of thinking.
Hey, let me just download some songs on my iPod Touch from a non-iTunes source. Hey, wait a minute...! "Zoinks Scooby!"
I know. Just let me open up Pandora while doing launching a... hey, wait another gosh, darn minute here. I can't multi-task, either.
Ohhhh, I guess we'll do it on Steve's time table.
Aww... what a sport you are! So glad you can you can look at Apple objectively.
KERR-PLUNK! Fanboy troll. Right up there.
Microsoft stock has grown by about 56% over the last year. Not bad.
Apple has grown by 107% by comparison.
Apple has grown by 107% by comparison.
From the perspective of someone who interacts with people who have no idea what an operating system is or who care about something called "flash":
I went to the Apple Store today to look at the iPad. I didn't think much of it until I started playing with it. Very intuitive and fun and simple. Those things don't matter to geeks, but they matter to the other 98% of the population who buy things.
My girlfriend wants to toss her laptop to get one because she "only goes on the internet and checks e-mails" and obviously she'd like something fun and sleek and simple to do that with. And then, this is telling, her two year old son started playing with the thing. He has a 3 second attention span and was mesmerized - that's fun and simple.
Likewise, I met a Droid phone this past weekend. I looked at it for 2 minutes and handed it back. Clumsy, ugly, and didn't do anything I use my iPhone for. Tout specs all you want, but it bored me and others (non-geeks) within seconds.
Apple has figured out how to give casual tech users what they want. It will upset the geeks who are obsessed with specs, but catering to them won't make anybody money.
I went to the Apple Store today to look at the iPad. I didn't think much of it until I started playing with it. Very intuitive and fun and simple. Those things don't matter to geeks, but they matter to the other 98% of the population who buy things.
My girlfriend wants to toss her laptop to get one because she "only goes on the internet and checks e-mails" and obviously she'd like something fun and sleek and simple to do that with. And then, this is telling, her two year old son started playing with the thing. He has a 3 second attention span and was mesmerized - that's fun and simple.
Likewise, I met a Droid phone this past weekend. I looked at it for 2 minutes and handed it back. Clumsy, ugly, and didn't do anything I use my iPhone for. Tout specs all you want, but it bored me and others (non-geeks) within seconds.
Apple has figured out how to give casual tech users what they want. It will upset the geeks who are obsessed with specs, but catering to them won't make anybody money.
Also, quite fascinating (to the Nth degree) about conforming to another person's way of thinking.
Hey, let me just download some songs on my iPod Touch from a non-iTunes source. Hey, wait a minute...! "Zoinks Scooby!"
LOL
I hit a nerve I guess.
I made a statement that some people could have doubled their money over the last year with AAPL stock or trolled Apple product sites because thy feel they must make the world conform to their way of doing things. And I get this response. Thanks for proving my point my friend.
It's called competition. You have other products available to you. If you want a different experience then buy a Zune or some other product. But I guess you feel that because people like myself like to import CD's into itunes and play my music on an Apple computer or ipod that you need to explain why your way is better.
Why not just buy the product that fits your needs and use it? Try a Zune and sync it to your Windoze music player. What do they use for that? Is it Real Player or Windows Media Player? I don't even know. Maybe I should find out and go tell everyone on discussion boards for those products how wrong they are and why they should do it my way! Forget it. I don't feel like trolling.
Thanks for the link. It's not exactly what I wanted, but I think I can make do with that until a more streamlined method appears.
You know who AAPL should market the ipad to? Star Trek fans.
I was watching a DS9 episode and I noticed this tablet they use as a prop on that show. I thought of the ipad immediately.
Apple should team up with Paramount to release special edition of the ipad. They could develop a different "skin" for the OS so that the icons and screen look like Star Trek. I wouldn't necessarily buy it myself but I'm sure it would be a hit with the trekkie crowd. I guess they would have to study how many additional sales they would get out of that crowd and look at the cost of making a special addition ipad.
I was watching a DS9 episode and I noticed this tablet they use as a prop on that show. I thought of the ipad immediately.
Apple should team up with Paramount to release special edition of the ipad. They could develop a different "skin" for the OS so that the icons and screen look like Star Trek. I wouldn't necessarily buy it myself but I'm sure it would be a hit with the trekkie crowd. I guess they would have to study how many additional sales they would get out of that crowd and look at the cost of making a special addition ipad.
Older Apple keyboards supply 100mA (milli ampere) only per USB port; that only works for devices that need very little power, like a mouse or a scanner/printer that has its own power supply and doesn't need power from USB. I always have my printer plugged into the keyboard, works fine.
Newer Apple keyboards supply 500mA (milli ampere) per USB port, which is the standard for supplying USB devices with powers. However, that standard power only gives you 2.5 Watt, not enough to charge an iPad.
USB ports on your computer _can_ supply more power which may be enough. to charge an iPad.