Steve Jobs announced the iPad sales figures and they are, to put it mildly, outrageous! In a good way. On the day the iPad launched it sold 300,000 units. They've sold another 150,000 in the week that followed (450,000 total). That's a margin (the retail price less cost) of over 107 million dollars according to figures announced by iSuppli. But the money doesn't stop there. As everyone knows its the accessories that traditionally make all the money (iPad is also profitable as a device which is rare) and for every iPad sold, I would conservatively estimate that Apple sold at least two accessories.
In addition, the App Store has distributed 3.5 million applications and 600,000 books. 600,000! The device is so successful that Best Buy and many Apple stores are sold out. That's not a good thing - you loose business to competitors that way. But Apple is apparently pushing manufactures had to meet demand - possibly too hard.
I received my own iPad on April 3rd and I've been glued to it (along with my kids when I reluctantly let them use it) ever since. I'm also developing an eReader application for a client on the iPad which has been a wonderful experience - developing for the iPad is even more fun than the iPhone.
I have to laugh when I see the articles about why iPad is bad or why it won't succeed. You have to be pretty thick not to see the potential and the immediate success of the iPad. Call me an Apple Fan Boy if you want, but the numbers speak for themselves.
4 comments:
The iPad has got me excited again. I think people that say it will fail simply lack vision.
I couldn't agree with you more!
How is the feeling of coding for Iphone (Ipad) after doing so much java before ?
I like Objective-C. To be honest its a nice change from the strict typing of Java. Java helps you avoid a lot of mistakes, but its also a bit restrictive. It's a great language to start with but more experienced developers should be able to handle something like Objective-C after working with Java for a while.
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