Posts by Minnesota_Steve

Quote: Originally Posted by thataveragejoe I'm not at all surprised and it's not about losing interest. It's a tablet, not a phone and unsubsidized so the upfront costs are higher. Look how many millions of people JUST bought the iPad2...

When you are as big as Apple you are going to be used for this purpose. And Apple indeed needs to maintain public trust, so I think so far they have been making all the right moves. But this is here to stay.

Quote: Originally Posted by AppleInsider The day before the iPad event, Motley Fool writer Anders Bylund provided "4 Reasons to Sell Apple Today," recounting among other things that Apple's "cool factor is fading...

The interesting piece to me is if they sold something they did not own. Not meaning the foolery of which subsidiary owned what. But was the Chinese subsidiary selling something even they did not own because they were legally bankrupt? ...

Don't like Siri, return the phone.

Quote: Originally Posted by TalkingNewMedia The 7" iPad rumor is nicotine for tech rumor sites. Every morning the editors get up and say they won't post another small iPad rumor but there is DigiTimes ready to deliver another...

Folks, it's clear with the new iPad name we are headed to an iPod, MacBook, iMac like naming system with roughly annual category refreshes. This year and maybe next year will be the last for the iPad 2. Instead we will have products...

Quote: Originally Posted by Tallest Skil DigiTimes That is all. Well said. Nevertheless, since the topic of a smaller iPad is still interesting to debate, what could it do better (by a wide margin) from competitive...

Quote: Originally Posted by Shaun, UK What's your definition of cheap? The iPad is more expensive than most laptops. Than most laptops? A netbook doesn't qualify as a useful laptop despite the form factor.

Quote: Originally Posted by cameronj You can't just ignore 40% of the market (that 7" tablet market) and then count market share True, but eReaders are not tablets in the iPad sense either. So the share may be less than 90% but...