Live Coverage of Apple's iPad 3 Media Event

[unplugme71]

Shhhhhhhhhhh!

haha

 

[shanerockey]

I have my apple store app trying to load and the apple online store trying to load!!!!


Just want to order!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Carouser]

A lot of people would like an iPad (and a lot of people don't), but a lot of people are on the fence at that price point. It's not cheap. It's the price of a mini or an average PC. It's not an impulse purchase unless you're fairly affluent. So what I mean is, this "New iPad" isn't going to do much more than the iPad 2 to get that large mass of people really galvanized towards a purchase. There's no watercooler feature like Siri to make people say, "Wow you know, I really don't need this $600. Please take it." I'm sure it'll sell well, but I don't think it'll break through to additional audiences.

Then I think your point is trivial and irrelevant to Apple and consumers alike (not to mention incorrect, because I doubt Siri or anything comparable is what makes people change their minds and purchase an iPhone or iPad, so you've basically said that Apple failed to meet an unreasonable standard).

 

[lilsoccakid74]

think anyone actually got an order in before it shut back down?

 

[tommyGB]

Can someone start off a new thread for the 'wished for' upgrades to the 2013 model iPad - I'm already bored.

Siri...

 

[nepalisherpa]

The next iPad will be called "The Newer New iPad"!

 

[unplugme71]

http://store.apple.com/us/browse/home/shop_ipad/family/ipad/select_ipad

http://store.apple.com/us/addToCart/MD199LL/A?=


direct links

 

[mspman]

Looks like they took the store offline again.

 

[Mshilling]

I just got my order through on the apple store app. Website still crawling along....

 

[duervo]

I don't believe they'll ever ditch the home button. They'd effectively be simultaneously ditching support for those with accessibility needs. Kinda hard to do gestures if you only have 2 fingers, for example.

 

[wizard]

Not sure what that is all about.

no Siri????

Maybe Apple hasn't figured out how to make money off it yet. In any event if dictation works like it is suppose to that will be a valuable feature.

 

[puckhead193]

apple store is down again

 

[rdrr]

The next iPad will be called "The Newer New iPad"!

Really? This comment was the newest of the "Newer Newer iPad" comments.

 

[unplugme71]

I'd love to be the NOC person assigned for Apple. The amount of traffic requests coming in must be phenominal right now.

 

[sovereign]

apple store is down again

Apple needs to fire whomever is running the store.

 

[UNMENINU]

Store was up. Not it's crashed.

 

[wizard]

Good for you!

I just got my order through on the apple store app. Website still crawling along....

I've been trying for 30 minutes straight to get something via the web store, no luck.

 

[Leonard1818]

why is apple using Windows servers for their store!??!

 

[Mr Rogers]

Wonder how much used iPad 2's are now

Was hoping to see if price of refurbished iPad2 has dropped on Apple site - site is down though - still in Tokyo shortly, so can see one of the new models in the flesh, that is a iPad early 2012 revision, as with the iMac.

 

[GermanyChris]

no new mac's..wasted bandwidth

 

[borgqueenx]

will the guys at the event now get their hands on? or not yet?
cant wait for some user/blog videos.

 

[rmwebs]

why is apple using Windows servers for their store!??!

They arent...

 

[rdrr]

If anyone got an order through, better double check when they come back. Guarentee they probably missed a few sales confirmations.

 

[Leonard1818]

They arent...

then why so many errors?

 

[Icemilk]

I got as far as putting it in to my cart on the store app. Hit check out, then... crash.