Apple iPad = Massive Fail (Not)

[IotaNet]

Apple Sells One Million iPads

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.”

Read the rest here: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/05/03ipad.html

And that's before the 3G version was even available. That's also before it was available worldwide.

Regardless of your personal feelings, you have to admit that Apple is onto something here. Just like the iPhone and iPod -- they had their naysayers too -- but both those products radically altered the landscape of how we listen to music and what we expect from smartphones. I think the iPad will do the same thing.

[SteveC]

Everyone that I know who has one loves it...even without a USB port or a camera or...

I'm guessing when I'm at an Apple store in a few weeks, I'll walk out with one or two as well.

[L-A]

It's not a question of "fail". Even though I am a Mac user, I have a gripe against Apple throwing a lot of it-just-works powder in front of the casual use the iPad is meant for. It's an excellent PDA, browser, mail and IM client, etc.

It is NOT an excellent netbook, or a better e-book reader, yet this is how Jobs presented it. People who made the informed decision of buying a Netbook still bought one, because the iPad didn't answer their needs. People who wanted an e-book reader like the Kindle or Nook still bought one. Fanboys who didn't want one or the other ignorantly boast about how the iPad is better than both.

So success, yes. But there's been a relatively high level of returns up to now.

[warwick.hoy]

That just proves that there are 1 million people that would rather have a fashion accessory over a functional and useful tool.

[KeithBMI]

3 million people bought Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" album.

That doesn't mean its good.

[DerHoggz]

I'm sure a lot of those purchases were, "Ooh, a new Apple product. Imagine how hip I could be!"

[sloasdaylight]

Originally Posted by DerHoggz

I'm sure a lot of those purchases were, "Ooh, a new Apple product. Imagine how hip I could be!"

This.

Originally Posted by KeithBMI

3 million people bought Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" album.

That doesn't mean its good.

Also this.

Originally Posted by IotaNet

Now why you want to attack me and my thread?

If you didn't agree, you had 10,000 opportunities to just stay out of this.

lol, yea I forgot that threads on the interbutts are only for civil and pleasant agreement with one another.

[hover]

Wow man, you're taking this way harder than intended in contrast to the tone of your initial post. I deleted my comments, and my apologies for them.

I'm not a hater, just think it's an overpriced substandard product. better?

Ron

[Gopherbassist]

Originally Posted by KeithBMI

3 million people bought Lil Wayne's "Tha Carter III" album.

That doesn't mean its good.

Is he wearing three chains and drinking from three cups to commemorate this?

[lunarpollen]

Sometimes 1,000,000 buyers just means FAIL x 1,000,000. Which I would consider = EPIC.

Fail can mean different things to different people.

[MJ5150]

Originally Posted by hover

I'm not a hater, just think it's an overpriced substandard product. better?

The only way to make this all better is for you to buy a couple.



-Mike

[hover]

naw, I already have a kindle and a notebook and netbook. this one has a webcam too (gasp).

[Thunderscreech]

I would love to buy an iPad if it wasn't running an OVERCLOCKED iPHONE CPU and could run MORE THAN ONE APP AT A TIME and had the ability TO ADD PERIPHERALS SUCH AS A CD/DVD-RW/ROM/BLU-RAY/HDDVD/BEAMAX DRIVE AND OTHER USB-BASED THINGS, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT NORMAL COMPUTERS DO.

Otherwise, I think it's kinda cool. There is, certainly, nothing else like it on the market right now and it is quite the forward-thinking product.

[DerHoggz]

BETAMAX?

[iamlowsound]

That is amazingly fast to sell 1 million units. I want one, but I will wait a few generations, so it will have a better processor, multi-tasking (coming out in August), and usb.

lowsound

[Nikoubis]

Originally Posted by L-A

It's not a question of "fail". Even though I am a Mac user, I have a gripe against Apple throwing a lot of it-just-works powder in front of the casual use the iPad is meant for. It's an excellent PDA, browser, mail and IM client, etc.

It is NOT an excellent netbook, or a better e-book reader, yet this is how Jobs presented it. People who made the informed decision of buying a Netbook still bought one, because the iPad didn't answer their needs. People who wanted an e-book reader like the Kindle or Nook still bought one. Fanboys who didn't want one or the other ignorantly boast about how the iPad is better than both.

So success, yes. But there's been a relatively high level of returns up to now.

+1 to all this, except I am not a Mac user.

And semi-OT the whole "it just works" crap never got to me. It just seems to imply that Apple stuff is actually not meant for people like me, that happen to understand how computers work.

[Hutzbordello]

you cant hide fail

as my friend said

we shall seez

[ADbassman]

Apple always was a better marketing company than computer maker.

[sarcastro83]

Originally Posted by ADbassman

Apple always was a better marketing company than computer maker.

Agreed. I bought an iMac last summer. Absolutely the WORST decision I've made when it comes to purchasing a big ticket item. It doesn't do anything I can't do on a PC and cost a ludicrous amount of money to get what could have been had for a more reasonable amount of money had I have gone the PC route. That'll teach me to buy a computer after farting around with it for about half an hour in the Apple Store, rather than make a solid decision.

Maybe I haven't given myself the time to make a proper transition, maybe I should just buy myself a Mac for Dummies book. Damn it, I should have just bought a really beefed up laptop. Well, at least I'm not daft enough to buy an inconveniently large iPod touch...

[hover]

Originally Posted by sarcastro83

Mac for Dummies

well, ......... yeah.

again with the kidding! please don't castrate me!