Apple's iPad 3G estimated to have sold 300K on launch weekend

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  • Reply 61 of 94
    wizard69wizard69 Posts: 13,377member
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    Here in Australia the iPads on Apple's site went from "Coming late April" to "Coming late May" at least now there is a pre order date 10/5/2010 or as you whacky Americans put it 5/10/2010.



    Think about if you are taliking about a date what do you say? Around here it would be "May 5th, 2010".



    Lots of things are done strangly outside the USA but "OK" seems to work worldwide.





    Dave
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  • Reply 62 of 94
    wizard69wizard69 Posts: 13,377member
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    Jailbreak + MiWi = Problem solved. I use it when I am on the road with no wifi and it works like a charm and no video degradation because the iPad sees my iPhone as a wifi hotspot. I have yet to scratch the 5gb barrier and really don't see that happening. Basic email and surfing use very little data. Netflix hover around 400-500mb so I do not do that much and ABC is around 200-300mb per episode. Not too bad.



    I'd be far more inclined to jail break an iPad rather than an iPhone. Simply because iPhone is my only phone.

    As to barriers to breach it is likely to be far easier than you might imagine. 5GB really isn't much if you download a couple of movies a month. For mobile usage though not bad.





    Dave
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  • Reply 63 of 94
    nceencee Posts: 858member
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    Congratulations!



    What's going to suck, is your capital gains tax



    I also purchase 12+ years ago, and sold some this year. The capital gains hit me REAL hard.



    Skip
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  • Reply 64 of 94
    wizard69wizard69 Posts: 13,377member
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    Outside of the US people say "the 10th of May".



    Saying "May 10th" is a very American way of speaking.



    That makes about as much sense as using a comma for a decimal point. It is no wonder Europe is so backwards.





    Dave
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  • Reply 65 of 94
    macapfelmacapfel Posts: 577member
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    That makes about as much sense as using a comma for a decimal point. It is no wonder Europe is so backwards.





    Dave



    Anyone in for a nice hot debate about metric vs. imperial system? Was it NASA who didn't manage to land this Mars probe on the surface, because of such a problem? There is nothing more illogical than a non-metric system. It seems just consequent that the date mixes the order of month/day/year a bit.
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  • Reply 66 of 94
    jragostajragosta Posts: 10,473member
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    Originally Posted by nagromme View Post


    Great to see it doing well, but I?m surprised: 3G seems like an important option to offer, but one few people would want. After all, WiFi is so ubiquitous (and fast, and free), and the iPhone is so much more portable (for those who want Internet ?any place, any time?)



    I got it for 2 reasons:

    1. Travel. When I go on vacation, I can't always be sure that I'll have WiFi (or that the hotel WiFi rate will be reasonable). This way, I can get 3G just when I'm on vacation.

    2. Driving. On long trips, my daughter will be using my iPad to stay entertained. Originally I thought we'd be streaming NetFlix (but see below).



    Just the ability to be connected all the time, any time is worth the extra money to me, although I can always cancel the monthly fee if I'm not using it.



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by str1f3 View Post


    Two things that bother about the situation with AT&T is:



    1. You have to have a separate plan with AT&T even if you already have an iPhone which is BS.



    2. You're already paying for an unlimited data plan. While I'm sure that all of us US customers are used to getting screwed by carriers, I'm sure that it won't be the case in many places in the rest of the world.



    If you go into a restaurant for an 'all you can eat' buffet and it's $9.95, do you think that TWO people should be able to get all you can eat for the same $9.95 or is it $9.95 each?



    If you buy a second airline ticket, do you each pay for a ticket or do you expect that buying one ticket should allow someone else to come along?



    The AT&T plans are PER DEVICE. If you don't like it, you're free to get a different phone/service combination.



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by anantksundaram View Post


    Quick question: Does Netflix have all the latest DVD releases for download/streaming (e.g., as @TV does), or just a small subset?



    I have the impression from their website that it's the latter. Perhaps I am wrong. Could you clarify?



    I signed up for Netflix with the hope of being able to stream videos so I wouldn't have to rip my DVDs onto the iPad (surprising how fast you can fill up 64 GB). Unfortunately, only a small portion of their videos are available for streaming. For example, they show a top 100 list. Only 7 of the top 100 are available for streaming (and not the better ones). Don't count on being able to stream a large percentage of what you watch.



    Quote:
    Originally Posted by Bergermeister View Post


    I din't think I'd be the first to say this...



    300,00 in a weekend... Wasn't the iPad supposed to be the iFailestest of iFails?

    .



    I expected the 3G to sell well - early surveys indicated that anticipated 3G and WiFi purchase plans were similar. The iPad is clearly well over a million sold (500,000 WiFi in the first week, plus around 300,000 3G on day 1, plus any more WiFi sold in the following 3 weeks) in less than 4 weeks. Well over half a billion dollars in revenue on a brand new product that all the pundits thought would fail. Way to go, Apple.
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  • Reply 67 of 94
    dick applebaumdick applebaum Posts: 12,527member
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    Originally Posted by ranReloaded View Post


    Something along the lines of:

    "There has been speculation that the shortage is likely due to Apple being unable to manufacture enough units, but this is debatable."





    That that is is that that is not is not is that it it is





    or the ever-popular: "Some are 'some', and some are not."



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  • Reply 68 of 94
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
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    Originally Posted by hill60 View Post


    Here in Australia the iPads on Apple's site went from "Coming late April" to "Coming late May" at least now there is a pre order date 10/5/2010 or as you whacky Americans put it 5/10/2010.





    What is wifi coverage and cell phone coverage like down under, away from cities?



    I digress but I agree on the date thing, it is whacky here for sure. I moved here 21 years ago and still forget to mix up day and month the US way. Personally I think it should be as you say but backwards as in; 10 05 03 (today) as the dates always increments and can be sorted and searched easily.
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  • Reply 69 of 94
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    I never understood why dates were written that way outside the U.S. I know this is completely off-topic, but i couldn't resist! I mean, when you speak the date, you say "May 10th", not "10th of May", so why would you write it differently?



    I never understood why people outside of Japan don't identify their dates with the emperors. It's so much shorter to say Heisei 22, than 2010. \



    No, seriously. The US dating system is the most illogical:

    - In Japan, we write from large to small: "year - month - day". Logical.

    - In Europe, we write from small to large: "day - moth - year". Logical.



    Here's another riddle for you: what's the "native language" "outside the US", and how does it record dates? You seem to assume we all speak English.
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  • Reply 70 of 94
    quadra 610quadra 610 Posts: 6,759member
    Apple will be rounding the 2 million mark well before fall, I should think. It seems they currently stand at ~1,300,000 iPad sales at least.
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  • Reply 71 of 94
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
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    Originally Posted by wizard69 View Post


    Think about if you are taliking about a date what do you say? Around here it would be "May 5th, 2010".



    Lots of things are done strangly outside the USA but "OK" seems to work worldwide.





    Dave



    How it is said and written can be two different things. Having lived in the UK, Europe and America people use very different verbal approaches area to area within countries depending on class, educational level and local dialect.



    In measuring time in video editing for example; we use largest first, H:M:S:Frames. Using time as the yard stick, the equivalent to the US Dates would be to write; Hours, Minutes, Days and everywhere else in the World would write Minutes, Hours, Days.



    Both don't seem as logical to me as they could be. IMHO the best way would be; Year, Month, Day.
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  • Reply 72 of 94
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
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    Originally Posted by Gaijin de Moscu View Post


    I never understood why people outside of Japan don't identify their dates with the emperors. It's so much shorter to say Heisei 22, than 2010. \



    No, seriously. The US dating system is the most illogical:

    - In Japan, we write from large to small: "year - month - day". Logical.

    - In Europe, we write from small to large: "day - moth - year". Logical.



    Here's another riddle for you: what's the "native language" "outside the US", and how does it record dates? You seem to assume we all speak English.



    You use my idea of login in Japan



    BTW TG many outside US do speak English, few English speakers master other languages... our bad!
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  • Reply 73 of 94
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
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    Originally Posted by Quadra 610 View Post


    Apple will be rounding the 2 million mark well before fall, I should think. It seems they currently stand at ~1,300,000 iPad sales at least.



    And the replacement of PCs used for nothing but browsing and mail begins.



    I wonder if WWDC will have any major shocks in store such as an even larger iPad or perhaps the first glimpses of a hybrid OS X / iPhone OS that portends the future of the Mac line. IMHO this is coming, if not this year then soon.
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  • Reply 74 of 94
    macapfelmacapfel Posts: 577member
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    And the replacement of PCs used for nothing but browsing and mail begins.



    I wonder if WWDC will have any major shocks in store such as an even larger iPad or perhaps the first glimpses of a hybrid OS X / iPhone OS that portends the future of the Mac line. IMHO this is coming, if not this year then soon.



    MS has one OS for both PCs and tablets. Their tablets don't sell. And the problem probably is that the PC OS does not work on a tablet. I don't think we will see a unification of the full OS X and iOS soon.
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  • Reply 75 of 94
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
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    Originally Posted by MacApfel View Post


    MS has one OS for both PCs and tablets. Their tablets don't sell. And the problem probably is that the PC OS does not work on a tablet. I don't think we will see a unification of the full OS X and iOS soon.



    We will have to wait and see. I don't think any comparison between what went before and what Apple could do is valid as they changed the rules. For example, I suspect editing a video on a large Mac screen with both the abilities of the full OSX plus a touch screen with sophisticated gestures (Minority Report) is doable in the near future. What's not to like? BTW, the screen in my imagination here would be 15 to 20 degrees above horizontal for comfortable working NOT vertical which would kill my back
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  • Reply 76 of 94
    macapfelmacapfel Posts: 577member
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    Originally Posted by digitalclips View Post


    We will have to wait and see. I don't think any comparison between what went before and what Apple could do is valid as they changed the rules. For example, I suspect editing a video on a large Mac screen with both the abilities of the full OSX plus a touch screen with sophisticated gestures (Minority Report) is doable in the near future. What's not to like? BTW, the screen in my imagination here would be 15 to 20 degrees above horizontal for comfortable working NOT vertical which would kill my back



    I agree that Apple is a game changer and I also agree that OS X and iOS could greatly complement each other. I just don't see how to unify them in the way to give them the same GUI and the identical OS.
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  • Reply 77 of 94
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    Originally Posted by hittrj01 View Post


    I never understood why dates were written that way outside the U.S. I know this is completely off-topic, but i couldn't resist! I mean, when you speak the date, you say "May 10th", not "10th of May", so why would you write it differently?



    Look dear, everyone is out of step but our Johnny.
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  • Reply 78 of 94
    MacPromacpro Posts: 19,873member
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    Originally Posted by MacApfel View Post


    I agree that Apple is a game changer and I also agree that OS X and iOS could greatly complement each other. I just don't see how to unify them in the way to give them the same GUI and the identical OS.



    Oh, I see what you are saying .. no I don't think unification is possible either. Rather the Mac OS can gain features from iPhone OS is all I mean.
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  • Reply 79 of 94
    rhyderhyde Posts: 294member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by hittrj01 View Post


    I never understood why dates were written that way outside the U.S. I know this is completely off-topic, but i couldn't resist! I mean, when you speak the date, you say "May 10th", not "10th of May", so why would you write it differently?



    Actually, YYYY/MM/DD is much better. That date format sorts lexicographically.
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  • Reply 80 of 94
    SpamSandwichspamsandwich Posts: 33,407member
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    Originally Posted by ncee View Post


    What's going to suck, is your capital gains tax



    I also purchase 12+ years ago, and sold some this year. The capital gains hit me REAL hard.



    Skip



    Isn't it just 20%?
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