one million units moved in 28 days
press release says:
CUPERTINO, California—May 3, 2010—Apple® today announced that it sold its one millionth iPad™ on Friday, just 28 days after its introduction on April 3. iPad users have already downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store and over 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore. “One million iPads in 28 days—that’s less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Demand continues to exceed supply and we’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers.
they're selling like hotcakes. twice as fast as the iphone, which -- if i remember correctly -- was widely acknowledged as quite a phenomenon at the time... and this weekend, the g3 models came out, so apple stores had many people (who'd been waiting for it) standing in line. maybe apple _does_ need to do a little market research, so they woulda discovered the remarkable latent demand for this niche. it continues:
iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. 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
see where e-books come in, priority-wise?
-bowerbird
Try this <http://blog.openlibrary.org/2010/04/23/alice-for-the-ipad/>with a kindle.
On Mon, 3 May 2010, Bowerbird@aol.com wrote:
press release says:
CUPERTINO, California—May 3, 2010—Apple® today announced that it sold its one millionth iPad™ on Friday, just 28 days after its introduction on April 3. iPad users have already downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store and over 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore.
They are obviously not pushing eBook hard enough, as that means only 1.5 eBooks per iPad. However, I'll bet that changes.
“One million iPads in 28 days—that’s less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “Demand continues to exceed supply and we’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers.
they're selling like hotcakes.
twice as fast as the iphone, which -- if i remember correctly -- was widely acknowledged as quite a phenomenon at the time...
I agree that it was. . .however, I still have yet to see an iPad in the wild, and I've certainly seen iPhones, iPods, and clones. However, I've never seen ANY eReader in the wild, even airports, big cities, etc.
and this weekend, the g3 models came out, so apple stores had many people (who'd been waiting for it) standing in line.
maybe apple _does_ need to do a little market research, so they woulda discovered the remarkable latent demand for this niche.
Not to mention for eBooks. . .er, iBooks. . .hee hee!
it continues:
iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. 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
see where e-books come in, priority-wise?
It just makes you wonder, doesn't it? However, don't forget all the other eBook Apps!!!
-bowerbird
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Michael S. Hart <hart@pglaf.org> wrote:
I agree that it was. . .however, I still have yet to see an iPad in the wild, and I've certainly seen iPhones, iPods, and clones.
However, I've never seen ANY eReader in the wild, even airports, big cities, etc.
I've seen one kindle, owned by a woman who was attending an author talk at the local (Lansing MI) library. And I saw at least two iPads this weekend, at a science fiction convention (Penguicon). -- Mjit RaindancerStahl answerwitch@gmail.com
Thanks. . . . I'm wondering why we don't see them more often. . . ? On Mon, 3 May 2010, Mjit RaindancerStahl wrote:
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Michael S. Hart <hart@pglaf.org> wrote:
I agree that it was. . .however, I still have yet to see an iPad in the wild, and I've certainly seen iPhones, iPods, and clones.
However, I've never seen ANY eReader in the wild, even airports, big cities, etc.
I've seen one kindle, owned by a woman who was attending an author talk at the local (Lansing MI) library. And I saw at least two iPads this weekend, at a science fiction convention (Penguicon).
-- Mjit RaindancerStahl answerwitch@gmail.com
I've seen both Kindles and Sony readers in airports and on planes. I haven't traveled since the iPad came out, so can't report on that. When I first got my Sony reader (August 2008) airline attendants didn't know what it was and so didn't make me turn it off for take-off and landing. Now they do know what the ereaders are, and insist that they must be turned off. That's been true for almost a year. JulietS On 5/4/2010 7:20 AM, Michael S. Hart wrote:
Thanks. . . .
I'm wondering why we don't see them more often. . . ?
On Mon, 3 May 2010, Mjit RaindancerStahl wrote:
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:36 PM, Michael S. Hart<hart@pglaf.org> wrote:
I agree that it was. . .however, I still have yet to see an iPad in the wild, and I've certainly seen iPhones, iPods, and clones.
However, I've never seen ANY eReader in the wild, even airports, big cities, etc.
I've seen one kindle, owned by a woman who was attending an author talk at the local (Lansing MI) library. And I saw at least two iPads this weekend, at a science fiction convention (Penguicon).
I commonly see Kindles, and on airplanes I commonly see at least one Kindle, BUT, SEATAC is on one end of my flights, so most of the people carrying Kindles in one hand are holding a Starbucks in the other hand... On an airplane I commonly see: About 50% of the passengers have laptops. About 5% of the passengers have netbooks. About 5% of the passengers rent a gaming console from the airplane company. About 0.5% own some kind of ebook reader. 0.0% reading anything on a cellphone-sized device. Kind of makes one wonder why people aren't working to improve the reading experience on laptops -- it would "just" require improved ebook reader software. Kindle for PC, Kindle for Mac, B&N Desktop aren't "bad" readers -- but they aren't very "good" either.
On Tue, 4 May 2010, Jim Adcock wrote:
I commonly see Kindles, and on airplanes I commonly see at least one Kindle, BUT, SEATAC is on one end of my flights, so most of the people carrying Kindles in one hand are holding a Starbucks in the other hand...
I, too, come from SeaTac, and our CEO travels through it as well on a regular basis.
On an airplane I commonly see:
About 50% of the passengers have laptops.
Not once have I been on a flight with 50% laptops, even if you included all of the devices listed below. I'll start asking around.
About 5% of the passengers have netbooks.
About 5% of the passengers rent a gaming console from the airplane company.
About 0.5% own some kind of ebook reader.
0.0% reading anything on a cellphone-sized device.
Kind of makes one wonder why people aren't working to improve the reading experience on laptops -- it would "just" require improved ebook reader software. Kindle for PC, Kindle for Mac, B&N Desktop aren't "bad" readers -- but they aren't very "good" either.
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