Sell two million iPads in under two months? Yes we can!

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01 Jun 2010, 5:55 am

Apple today said it has sold two million iPads, less than two months after launching the touchscreen tablet in the US, much faster than predicted. This is despite the fact the company had to delay the device's international launch by a month because it could not keep up with demand.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010 ... blet-sales

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01 Jun 2010, 6:44 am

Well, SOMETHING needs to be put under short chair legs.

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02 Jun 2010, 9:52 am

Posting on mah iPad!

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02 Jun 2010, 9:55 am

I am afraid of the future of computing because of what a broken closed system apple is popularizing with this.

I would be afraid of the future of mankind if it wasn't that I've known for ages that they are this stupid.

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02 Jun 2010, 11:14 am

Vexcalibur wrote:

You know what? Every time I use a PC, whether it's running Linux, Windows, or whatever, I am reminded why I use a Mac as my main computer. I am plagued with problems, errors, bugs, and all sorts. Apple stuff seems to "just work" as they say. it's not completely flawless, but it's certainly a lot more reliable than the alternative.

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02 Jun 2010, 1:07 pm

HOLY SMOKES!! They did that fast, but imo, its just a huge version of an ipod with USB ports.

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02 Jun 2010, 1:57 pm

superboyian wrote:

HOLY SMOKES!! They did that fast, but imo, its just a huge version of an ipod with USB ports.

...and that's a bad thing?

PS. there's no USB ports

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02 Jun 2010, 8:09 pm

yes, it is a super Itouch. its better for my eyes and and ears. and works a lot better then my Vista PC. only down side is funimation videos wont play and WP wont open T.T

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03 Jun 2010, 2:55 am

mesona wrote:

yes, it is a super Itouch. its better for my eyes and and ears. and works a lot better then my Vista PC. only down side is funimation videos wont play and WP wont open T.T

WP should work, if not there's something wrong with your router or something.

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03 Jun 2010, 7:58 pm

Asp-Z wrote:

Vexcalibur wrote:

Amazing that you probably think your post debunks mine while it actually proves it.

Power of anecdote: The only apple device I own is an 2G ipod nano, it is also the only of my small devices that crashes periodically. One time, it crashed in such a way that it stayed with back light on for 3 whole hours of a road trip I was having, by the time I reached my destination I couldn't use it since it consumed all the batteries thanks to the back light crash, thx apple for just working.

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04 Jun 2010, 4:13 am

Vexcalibur wrote:

Asp-Z wrote:

Vexcalibur wrote:

In what way? I was simply saying that Apple's closed system is a good thing in the eyes of the customer, which is a point proven by those sales numbers. It's only geeks like us who could possibly care about how open the systems are, but customers don't care because said systems aren't as reliable and easy to use.

So one Apple device going wrong (it was probably faulty, and did you ever even try restoring it?) = the whole company being bad, in your logic?

I own loads of PCs and loads of Macs and assorted Apple gadgets, along with non-Apple ones, and I've found my Apple stuff to be much higher quality and more steardy than the alternative products.

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