To asses the huge impact of the new iPad you don’t need to count or discredit the lines at the Apple stores.
Just read the best blog about Apple.
And read these wise words from the “boss of the bosses” Philip Elmer-DeWitt:
“Apple still has what it takes to imagine, design, build and deliver on schedule and at an affordable price a jewel-like piece of computer technology that inspires consumer lust.
There ought to be some soul searching going on right now among Apple’s competitors. For this is not the first time the company has picked up a discredited idea and created not just a successful product, but a whole new industry. There were MP3 players before the iPod. There were smartphones before the iPhone. And there were plenty of tablet computers before the iPad, even if they did run Windows.
Certainly building something like this is not an easy thing to do. It requires world-class design teams, dependable supply chains, impeccable quality control, first-rate marketing, an army of high-maintenance developers and the foresight to build a tightly integrated software environment in which all the parts — software, hardware, retail, networking — fit seamlessly together.”
Amen.
(Picture by Charis Tsevis)
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