On Wed, 21 Apr 2010, Bowerbird@aol.com wrote:

michael said:

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   I'll take that bet. . .another free lunch of cooked fowl.

pardon me?  are you implying that you have won a bet against me in the past?  _when?_

Every single time!

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   I'll be that the iPad never even gets HALF    the market for eReaders over the long haul.

you can't be serious.

the ipad is already up to 500,000 sold.

Then place your bets, ladies and gentlemen!!!

besides, by "multipurpose machine", i certainly include the iphone and the ipodtouch in there, and -- as i said -- apple has sold 80 million...

they sold 8.75 million iphones in the first quarter, an _increase_ over the previous (_holiday_) quarter, which is an absolutely astonishing accomplishment.

we're seeing a juggernaut, and it's gathering steam, all because they gave people multipurpose machines that can be carried around with the greatest of ease...

there are some of us who _knew_ this'd be killer. (and, gee, michael, i thought you were one of us.)

-bowerbird

I am fine with the iPad, iPhone and iPod. However, I stand by my offer to accept your terms. What numbers over how many years. . . . By the way, I like my cooked fowl with a little spine. Who was it that predicted this whole cellphone thing?! Eh? By when you you think iPad will have half the market? Just counting eReaders, which is to your advantage. Even just counting Kindle, Noon and Sony??? I don't mean some fake "market" narrowed down in some small portion of space-time, I mean the grand total. Pick a date!!!