{"id":1611,"date":"2010-04-03T11:17:18","date_gmt":"2010-04-03T10:17:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.branedy.net\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2010-04-05T13:08:16","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T12:08:16","slug":"another-ipad-prediction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.branedy.net\/?p=1611","title":{"rendered":"Another iPad prediction"},"content":{"rendered":"

Having read this article about iPad sales predicted to top 7.1 million in 2010 alone<\/a>, the term, FanBoy<\/a> gains a new meaning, Delusional<\/strong>! It’s not that the iPad<\/a> isn’t cute, or that it won’t BE fun or even useful. It’s that this is still a recession, and there aren’t 7.1 Million geeks in the world who have enough money to buy this thing. The second point, Apple with all it’s planning couldn’t get God to manufacture 7 million of these things this year. <\/p>\n

I almost assumed that the article was a late April Fool’s<\/a> joke. But there really are a lot of people who believe that Apple can do no wrong. Mostly because of youthful forgetfulness no one seems remembers the Cube<\/a> and even though Steve Job’s<\/a> was not at Apple, still there was the Newton<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I remember, I still have a Newton 100, which I upgraded from the the original Messagepad<\/a>. And I think, I’m even pretty sure the sales of the iPad<\/strong> will not exceed 1 million sales this year. I can almost guarantee they will NOT<\/strong> exceed 2 Million. Given that, it will still be profitable, and considered a success. I might even like to have one, except of the fact that I already have something a lot more practical, and ultimately more useful, a Nokia N900<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Update One:<\/strong> I’m calling BullShit on the 700,000 iPads<\/a>. At best there was 500K with less than 100k which were not pre-orders. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Having read this article about iPad sales predicted to top 7.1 million in 2010 alone, the term, FanBoy gains a new meaning, Delusional! It’s not that the iPad isn’t cute, or that it won’t BE fun or even useful. It’s…<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more Another iPad prediction<\/span> ›<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

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