Anton Wahlman writes for TheStreet.com, “Here are four reasons why the Apple iPad is a guaranteed success.”
1. The Apple Retail Stores
2. Apple’s iTunes Ecosystem
3. The AT&T Deal ($30/mo. unlimited data plan, pay-as-you-go; no subscription required)
4. Apple leads in defining new computing interfaces
Full article here.
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5. It’s just plain cool.
6. It contains heroin.
Doesn’t talk back to you and won’t ask you if it looks fat.
7. Women have fallen in love with it!
All of the above?
Two grown men can use it in a private and intimate setting while in each other’s company (with a glass of white wine, of course). I can’t wait!
In other news, space is cold and dark. Come on MDN! I think we’ve heard enough “news” about the iPad! We now it’s gonna rock! We don’t need anymore convincing!
8) In 18 months there will be more iPad Apps then Windows Applications
@Beardedlady… I just threw up.
5: You’ll be able to rent books
All this price shifting upwards on Amazon, hobnobbing with newspaper owners etc. is designed to get cheap content on the iPad, where it can be DRMed to hell and back. Which is fine of course, as long as we can rent cheap, because we don’t want to keep it.
The iPod sold well because content was cheap, 99¢ ala carte songs on iTunes.
What will sell the iPad is inexpensive book rentals.
“People don’t read anymore” – Steve Jobs.
Why?
#1: Books cost 10% to print, 10% to distribute and 40% to retail.
Apple is going to replace all that for only 30%, half the cost.
Renting books, like movies, will take off on the iPad because it’s a UNTAPPED market!!!
Lots of iPads going to be sold…buy AAPL.
There’s nothing revolutionary that sets this inferior product from the rest. Those 4 points that mentioned above is not convincing except for MACTARDS who praises on whatever steve rain down on them.
http://www.bing.com When it comes to decisions that matter, Bing & Decide
My wife wants one, yeah, and I thought i will have to find a very good reason to drop $500 on it.
@ Demon
Do you know how many Windows applications that’s out there? If not STFU.
http://www.bing.com When it comes to decisions that matter, Bing & Decide
Square screen ratio is a huge turnoff! Ives really messed up! The 4 points r unconvincing! It will succeed mildly. Bring widescreen and webcam, and it will jump off the shelves!
@I’m a PC
<sigh>
You just don’t get it, do you?
There’s dumb… and then there’s I’m a PC.
=:~)
ImaPC. Notice you don’t have your name registered. That says it all.
9.) It’s the way the electronic generation will be reading newspapers and books.
Perhaps with “The Daily Prophet” style of moving photographs.
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@wedge07
The purpose of this web site is to . . .
1. Get news about Apple and anything related to Apple.
2. Get a feel for what other publications are saying about Apple.
3. Sell adds. (If you don’t click on it, MDN won’t post it)
@ iMaki
Imagine a nice widescreen iPad. Now imagine turning it vertically. See? Kinda useless now.
The keyboard would cover too much of the screen in horizontal orientation and would be too narrow in vertical.
Dolt.
@ I’m a PC – Temper, temper! Go sit in the corner. And no, you can’t go out and play with Billy later today, not after that little outburst.
When it comes to decisions that *really* matter, Bing & decide to use Google instead.
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@ Demon,
There are millions of Windows apps out there. Many do not work on Windows 7. Many steal your identity, take over your computer or hijack your credit card numbers. Many are useless crap. Many are obsolete. Most are redundant.
If you had used the term ‘quality apps’ in your comparison of Windows and iPhone/iPod/iPad apps, well, they are probably close to equal right now.
I am thinking each malware app would cancel out a quality app on the windows side when I say they’re equal right now.
-1: doesn’t multitask
-2: requires another plan- phone, internet, ipad…
10. (and this should be #10 Unicorn Tears!!
How did you all forget that?
Should have said:
10. (and this should be #1) Unicorn Tears!!
Hey MDN, Do you get a commission if I click on a M$ ad?? If so I’ll bang away for your benefit. No need to buy anything. ….N