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And still they just reported record sales and their stock value is way up. They must be doing something right. The iPad. That product was just introduced. How can you already say that is a bust. Bottom line, they have great products that millions of folks love. Again, they just reported record sales. One cannot argue with that.
Exactly. No one has used this product yet, and have proclaimed it is a joke. Just wait.
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Originally Posted by post_gallant
The iPad is pretty much an insult to the non-casual consumer. Zero Multitasking, no camera, ZERO FLASH, zero adapters, no third party applications, it's over a pound, no video output, and the hard drive is a joke. The only reason it will sell is due to the Apple brand.
Yes, I was confused by what you meant about Apple's mistakes.
iPad is meant for the casual consumer. It is a consumer product with a consumer pricepoint
The current roadmap shows the iPad shipping with iPhone OS 3.2. iPod touch and iPhones currently have iPhone OS 3.1.3.
iPhone OS 4 will be announced at WWDC this summer, and likely ship at that time, same as the refresh to the iPhone. This would be where multitasking (even limited) is enabled
Would you really take a picture with a device the size of a notebook?
Flash - I'll give you that one, but, ironically to some people, Apple is pushing open standards, such as HTML5. Think it is a coincidence that Google announced YouTube supporting HTML5 (meaning no Flash needed) right around the same time? And Vimeo, as well?
NO THIRD PARTY APPS? Have you seen any of the 140,000+ Apps in the App Store?
Still lighter than a Big Gulp.....
Adapters? for what? output? There is this thing called a Universal Dock Connector. There are video out from the Dock/cables
Hard drive is a joke? Well, there is no hard drive. It is flash memory, up to 64 GB.
So while you may not think the iPad is of any interest to you, I can see this being perfect for a lot of people...
I had no idea about Apple coming to Greenville until my wife called me from the mall today. I guess it has been in the works quite awhile. Check out this link: You searched for “Greenville” (http://www.ifoapplestore.com/db/?s=Greenville - broken link)
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