For the first 30 days.

Except this isn't that big of a deal. The original phone had supply issues (thus limiting sales) and once you got past the "I've got to have it now!" crowd of people, many waited for iPhone 2.0 and Apple to address the issues with the original (few apps, no 3G, lame phone, etc). Add to that the questions as to the product as a whole (since it was a new product with a new OS).

The iPad, meanwhile, has the buzz plus the fact that the OS is far less a question mark than 3 years ago (since they've had 3 years to refine it and for people to use it).

Plus, the iPad is a whole lot cheaper and doesn't require a monthly fee. So you really need to compare it's sales to the iPod Touch than the iPhone.

Oh, and IIRC, the iPhone 3G sales blew the iPhone sales out of the water.

with the iPad, there's no two-year carrier contract to frighten people away. If the iPad sales don't surpass total Kindle sales this year, I'll be very surprised. Even if just the Apple loyalists buy the iPad, sales should be better than Kindle sales. I'm not putting down the Kindle, I'm merely using it as a sort of tablet comparison. Apple has all those competition-destroying retail stores and they're going to be packed with potential iPad buyers. Consumers won't leave the store without one.

testudo wrote xcept this isn't that big of a deal. ...

To the contrary, it is a huge deal. The original iPhone had six months to build to a fever pitch. When it went on sale, people queued-up around the block to buy them. When I got off work that day, I considered myself lucky to have found an AT&T Store with the iPhone still in stock. The iPhone started hot and went nowhere but up.

When the iPad went on preorder, it had only been about two months since it was first announced. Remember also that everyone knew what the iPhone was about. It was a phone. The same cannot be said of the iPad. Peruse any Apple fan site and you will find a majority of Apple fans and bashers who really don't understand exactly what Apple new wonder is or what they can use it for.

This makes it all the more stunning that iPad sales are outpacing those of the iPhone. There are no yeah-buts. The iPad is turning into one of the greatest consumer electronic products of all time.

I'm just gonna post for testudo and get this over with...

Nuh-uh! You're wrong! It's obvious you're just stupid. You just don't get what I said. Lemme just call you... stupid. You're all ignorant.

"The iPad is turning into one of the greatest consumer electronic products of all time."

Jesus. Define greatest in that context?

When the iPad went on preorder, it had only been about two months since it was first announced.


Oh, you're so right. Only two months since it was announced. Well, h*** then, if they get more than 10 sales, it's a big deal!

The iPhone did not need 6 months to build momentum. It had it day one and would have had lines out the door if they sold it in April instead of June. It wasn't like Apple was leaking little facts about the iPhone to build up the fever. If anything, they let it wallow in 'pre-release' state too long, as it faded from top of people's minds in April/May.


Remember also that everyone knew what the iPhone was about. It was a phone. The same cannot be said of the iPad. Peruse any Apple fan site and you will find a majority of Apple fans and bashers who really don't understand exactly what Apple new wonder is or what they can use it for.


What the h*** are you talking about? It's a giant iPod touch. You can do with it everything you can an iPod with, and more. We aren't talking a revolutionary device here, but an evolutionary one. Or is that just too obvious for the "It's the greatest device ever invented!" crowd?

This makes it all the more stunning that iPad sales are outpacing those of the iPhone. There are no yeah-buts. The iPad is turning into one of the greatest consumer electronic products of all time.


I'm sorry, but it will have to do a lot more than just outpace iPhone sales to do that. In fact, it would need to last at least 5 years, or incredible sales, to even put it close to the iPod on that list.

And bear in mind the Walkman still beats both of them in that category.

If the iPad sales don't surpass total Kindle sales this year, I'll be very surprised. Even if just the Apple loyalists buy the iPad, sales should be better than Kindle sales.

Why exactly does anyone care how this product does against the Kindle? The Kindle is a device designed around doing one thing very well. It's a book reader.

The iPad is a jack-of-all-trades device, of which one of the things it does is allow you to read books (which the iPod touch does as well). It has a much larger potential market than the Kindle. But the # of people looking at buying an iPad are not doing it with 'reading books' high on their list of uses (if on the list at all).

You might as well also compare it to GPSes, hand-held compasses, alarm clocks, music players, portable DVD players, netbooks, laptops, AppleTVs, Tivos, radios, back scratchers, jewelry, newspapers, TV sets, etc, etc, etc.

If the iPad sales don't surpass total Kindle sales this year, I'll be very surprised. Even if just the Apple loyalists buy the iPad, sales should be better than Kindle sales.

Oh, and one other thing. I'm sure if, somehow, the iPad doesn't outsell the Kindle, people will either use any of my arguments, or, more likely, claim that Amazon is padding their sales numbers to keep the top slot.