90,000 iPad Pre-Orders in the first six hours

[JabberJaw]

90,000 iPad Pre-Orders in the first six hours
And how may of them were purchased sight-unseen?
As much as I like certain Apple products,
whenever I deal with anything Apple,
I get the feeling I'm "drinking the cool-aid"

[rimmerchant]

I'm not surprised. there are litterlly millions of idiots and fruits in this world

[richardginn]

http://www.apple.com/support/ipad/service/battery/

If your battery on the iPad goes bad they will replace the whole iPad for 99 bucks, but will NOT save any of your old info.

[Timman_24]

The funny part is that 89,999 of those people that preordered probably already have the latest ipod that works fine.

[[PinPals]Apu]

The funny part is that 89,999 of those people that preordered probably already have the latest ipod that works fine.

And that last 1 is the people who put stuff in blenders.

[Soul Assassin]

The funny part is that 89,999 of those people that preordered probably already have the latest ipod that works fine.

What's funny about it? Do you also think it's funny when someone with a fully functioning 26" TV goes out and buys a 60" TV?

[ImaNihilist]

The funny part is that 89,999 of those people that preordered probably already have the latest ipod that works fine.

I actually suspect that the iPad is being purchased in droves by people who aren't typically Apple consumers. Yeah, there's Apple fans that buy everything Apple, but that's not why this is going to succeed. The iPad is filling a gap in the Apple consumer profile and targeting older people. People like my parents are the ones that are preordering this.

I'll probably get one eventually when there are some good games for it, or if OS 4 has multitasking and a more open SDK.

[Timman_24]

What's funny about it? Do you also think it's funny when someone with a fully functioning 26" TV goes out and buys a 60" TV?

Oh, I read it wrong.

I read it saying that the new "ipod" sold 90,000 in the first 6 hours, not ipad.

[Adisharr]

Some people will buy anything white with the Apple logo. Apple could roll up sandpaper, call it iWipe, market it as toilet paper and the first shipments would sell out.

[kent1146]

Not everyone who pre-ordered the iPad is an Apple fanboy hipster-douchebag like people are suggesting.

The iPad actually has a lot of application outside of the traditional Apple markets. For example, my mother-in-law is a 59 year old pediatrician. Her electronic prescription application recently moved away from the old PalmOS platform , and moved onto the iPhone OS platform. The iPad is a perfect tool for her, because it's large enough for her aging eyes to see, light enough to carry all day, and uses a touch-based form factor that is a lot easier than using a computer / laptop / netbook to type or mouse around. She will likely buy one.

[JabberJaw]

Not everyone who pre-ordered the iPad is an Apple fanboy hipster-douchebag like people are suggesting.

The iPad actually has a lot of application outside of the traditional Apple markets. For example, my mother-in-law is a 59 year old pediatrician. Her electronic prescription application recently moved away from the old PalmOS platform , and moved onto the iPhone OS platform. The iPad is a perfect tool for her, because it's large enough for her aging eyes to see, light enough to carry all day, and uses a touch-based form factor that is a lot easier than using a computer / laptop / netbook to type or mouse around. She will likely buy one.

Quite valid, I know exactly what you mean.
My elderly mom (and even though she's as spry and 'with it' as
one can expect from an elderly lady) I can pretty much guarantee that,
within the first week, my mom would:
1) drop it on the floor several times
2) "lose" it under a stack of newspapers or magazines
3) have trouble w/touch input from a bout of the shakes (elderly not alchy, lol)
4) constantly complain that it doesn't fit into her purse
... and every mal-event generates a panicked phone call to me

edit: my moms much older than your in-law, who isn't "elderly" imo,
I didn't mean to imply that she is, or would have the same problems

[Nater]

I like how most of you guys were like 'it will fail miserably' when it was announced and now you're like 'hipster douches will buy anything Apple makes'. Well of course they will, but the iPad is also going to be successful because there isn't another tablet on the market that is as good. People have wanted this kind of stuff for years, Apple has made a pretty decent one, so now it's going to sell.

Besides, it's a big-*** iPod Touch, anyone who has used an iPhone or iPod Touch really isn't buying it 'sight unseen'.

[JabberJaw]

I can't help but admire the sleek design.

[rimmerchant]

Here's a good comparison of the ipad vs a netbook and other "competing devices"

http://wwww.9gag.com/photo/17815_full.jpg

http://www.sammyliu.com/wp-content/u.../01/t8ki7o.jpg

[ImaNihilist]

Here's a good comparison of the ipad vs a netbook and other "competing devices"

http://wwww.9gag.com/photo/17815_full.jpg

http://www.sammyliu.com/wp-content/u.../01/t8ki7o.jpg

That's not a comparison. Those are arbitrary lists.

The iPad doesn't compete with much since it's a new category, the same way the the iPod doesn't compete with much, since it is its own category. If you look at cross-price elasticities for say, the iPod and the Zune, they look about as similar as peanut butter and mayonnaise.

The closest things to an iPad are things like the Nokia 810.