and of course they have control over the apps so Apple will always get a cut from the apps which aren't free.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
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and of course they have control over the apps so Apple will always get a cut from the apps which aren't free.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dave Brockman
People are already destroying iPads.
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How stupid. :dozey:Quote:
Originally Posted by Langdale Forest
I played with one at it blew me away.
I will wait for a couple of generations until they have added what they already know that they are going to add.
The first generations are for those who just have to have it now and for those who want to have their faces on Youtube.
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I remember when the Mazda Miata first came out and people were paying $5K-$10K over list just to get one of the first ones. The same kind of crazy behavior surrounded the Xboxes and Playstaions. I really don't understand that way of thinking.Quote:
Originally Posted by race aficionado
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06 Apr 2010 12:49 User comments (5)
Bloomberg has reported today that listings of the Apple iPad have surged on eBay since launch this past weekend, mainly due to early adopters overseas who want the device.
At its craziest, a buyer in the UK purchased a 64GB Wi-Fi version for $5000 USD, an 800 percent premium from the U.S. retail price. The iPad goes on sale in Europe later this month.
Adds Carl Howe, analyst at the Yankee Group: "This happens with nearly any hot product. Some people buy up copies and try to sell them on EBay to make a profit. There were iPhones going for $2,000 when they first came out."
eBay says the average selling price for an iPad heading into launch was $777 USD.
Sorry Daniel, looks like that Microsoft tablet won't see the light of day after all.... http://gizmodo.com/5527442/
Doh!Quote:
Originally Posted by Andrewmcm
Probably for the best: MS don't exactly have a great track record of making hardware (Xbox excluded). They're better off sticking to writing the OS for inclusion by other manufacturers, although with the rise of open source like Android they risk pricing themselves out of the market.
I thought it would be fun to revisit this thread since iPad shipments are well beating early analysts' estimates. And then there was this bit of news: yesterday Apple took the crown from Microsoft as the most valuable technology company in the world (by market capitalization).
Apple worth more than MicrosoftQuote:
It was the day a million iPads trumped a billion PCs.
On Wednesday, Apple passed Microsoft to become the world's most valuable technology company based on market capitalization.
While the two may end up trading positions for weeks and months to come, the unseating of the Redmond software giant captures the rise of consumer gadgets over workhorse corporate software.
Microsoft continually has dismissed Apple for its single-digit percentage of the PC market. With the launch of the iPod, iPhone and iPad, however, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company has continually dazzled Wall Street traders with the new, new thing.
Traders appear somewhat bored by Windows and Office, even if the software continues to rake in billions of dollars.
As Roger Sterling said in the TV show "Mad Men" about ad accounts, "Old business is just old business."
Microsoft stock fell 4 percent Wednesday to close at $25.01, which figures out to a market capitalization of $219.1 billion. Apple stock fell 0.5 percent to close at $244.11, giving the company a market capitalization of $222.1 billion.
Not everyone is jumping on the Apple bandwagon
Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/27/nb...#ixzz0pANk2sLQQuote:
Major media companies, including Time Warner and NBC Universal, have indicated that they will not change their online videos to the modern HTML5 format, which is compatible with Apple’s iPad.
Currently, those companies’ Web sites use the competing Adobe Flash plugin to display video content like television shows and movies. Apple does not allow Flash to run in its mobile Web browsers, meaning that iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad users cannot access Flash video content.
I do hope they figure that issue out soon.Quote:
Originally Posted by anthonyvop
Both Macs and Windows can play both windows media and apple's Quick Time files by just downloading the free plug ins.
I would love to be able to use flash videos on my Mac website programs and watch flash file on my iPhone.
All we have to do is wait and see . . . . .
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