“Seasoned computer enthusiasts and amateurs came out in force, queuing overnight, as the tablet-style device finally became available, having already been delayed because of high demand in America,” Brown reports.
“In Aberdeen, queues began to form at 1am, as people vied to be the first in to get their hands on the device… In Edinburgh, there was a similar rush,” Brown reports. “The device has been a runaway hit. When it was launched two months ago in the US, the company sold a million units in just 28 days, while the Apple website is already warning UK iPad pre-orders will not be shipped out until 7 June.”
Full article here.
Is iPad mad like being multi-touched in the head?
This is even better than many optimistic Mac fans and prognosticators had hoped. As the old saying goes, news is neither as good nor as bad as it might appear at first. Well, in this case, the old saying does not apply. The iPad frenzy is much, much better than it appeared even at its U.S. launch with all of those pre-orders. And I know lots of people who want one, but are still holding back for a little while just to make sure. So there’s another wave of buyers lined up behind the early adopters.
@Ampar
Good one! I was getting concerned that you may have lost your keen wit after the lame post on the preceeding story. Glad to see you’ve still got it.
The more bought, the more incentive for developers to make super apps for the iPad. And the more quickly enhancements and advances will come.
Ampar’s always had IT. Head over heels in love here. Missed him when he was absent for a while. But the stars are shining now!
Thanks, Cascadians.
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“after the lame post on the preceeding story.”
If I could bat a 1000, I doubt I would be posting here.
Anybody read the end of the linked article?
Not sure how/why “Craig Brown reports for The Scotsman” fill-in fits in. In my perspective, it doesn’t.
AMPAR FOR THE WIN!
May the Flying Scot run true and high in our eyes as well as our memories. The iPad will be a fresh air of freedom for many. The iPod touch was for me. No more Windows for me and my family.
To His Shadow: No umbrage there! Thanks.
If a Scot secretly plots to buy dozens of iPads for all of his friends, is it a clandestine plan?
Magical?
“Here’s to you, as good as you are,
And here’s to me, as bad as I am;
But as good as you are, and as bad as I am,
I am as good as you are, as bad as I am.”
Old Scottish Toast
“Old Scottish Toast”
Made from Old Scottish Bread?
“iPad suffers from kilt complex.”
correction: “iPlaid suffers from kilt complex.”
Will an iPad fit in a sporran?
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Made from Old Scottish Bread?
No, the bread was fresher…
I like your posts too, Ampar.
I got mine in Glasgow yesterday.
To twilightmoon: Thanks. Cheers!
I”m still holding back. Probably a year.
Logicboard on my iBook g4 is failing and I’ll need a new portable soon. I want to see what gen 2 has in store. Hint hint, more speed, space, iSight, more intensive desktoplioe apps. Really a version running a desktop OS. . Refurb unibody white MacBooks can be fetched on apples site for $759 as of now and I can get much more done with that vs the current gen ipad.
Ipad still needs to evolutionize some more in order for me to get one.
I had no intentions of purchasing an iPad, until I saw one in the flesh (well, aluminium and glass).
It’s absolutely gorgeous.