“People are loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO, in the press release. “We’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more people around the world, including those in nine more countries next month.”
Developers have created over 11,000 exciting new apps for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch user interface, large screen and high-quality graphics. iPad will run almost all of the more than 225,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone or iPod touch.
Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch user interface. iPad is 0.5 inches thin and weighs just 1.5 pounds—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life.
Source: Apple Inc.
MacDailyNews Take: Bloodbath. Revise those iPad unit sales estimates upwards yet again, all ye “analysts.”
As we’ve been saying since analysts began estimating unit sales the day after iPad was unveiled, the anaylsts’ estimates are too low and will have to be revised upward if they want their predictions to be more accurate.
Oh, BTW:
• Bill Gates: ‘iPad is not quite there yet… because it has no input’ – June 04, 2010
• Bill Gates on Apple iPad: ‘It’s okay’ – April 21, 2010
• Bill Gates: ‘There’s nothing on iPad I look at and say, ‘Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it’’ – February 10, 2010
MDN – Please reserve use of “bloodbath” for stories specifically about a competitor getting blown away by Apple.
” width=”19″ height=”19″ alt=”smile” style=”border:0;” /> That is a “bloodbath.” This story is the exact opposite of a “bloodbath,” since it is specifically about Apple selling three million iPads in 80 days. If you say “bloodbath” every time Apple does something good, it becomes meaningless and lame.
iPad sales accelerating steadily. I think my 15 million prediction for 2010 will be about right.
Wow, has ANY new product EVER taken off like this??
That could only mean stock going down to $42. Right?
I’m still predicting 18.5 million on the high side and 15 million seems like a given. So how can these analysts be so far off. At the current rate they will sell over 9 million more this year and whoever thinks the rate can’t increase hasn’t used one yet.
Apple keeps adding places where iPads are sold, add back to school and holiday demand and the only constraint will be supply.