My sighted husband bought one for me this weekend, but once he got his hands on it, he has not put it down. I have an iPod Touch anyhow, and after minimal time spent with the iPad, I like my Touch just about as well. Of course, I may change my mind as I spend more time with it. That is, if I can ever get it back from my husband lol!!! On Sep 24, 2010, at 2:32 AM, Dave Taylor wrote:
> They are impressive figures indeed. For the sake of productivity, > accessibility, and for many other reasons, I hope companies look at Mac to go > with their iPads more seriously. They generally go for expensive laptops > anyway, so I suspect costs would be lower after the transition! > > > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cheree Heppe > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: an Apple related article > > > Apple Could Sell 21M iPads in 2011 on Sales to Fortune 100 Companies > > By MATTHEW LYNLEY of [3]VentureBeat > > Apple could sell 21 million units of its iPad tablet next year as half > of the largest and most prominent companies in the world begin testing > or deploying the iPad for corporate use, [4]according to an analyst > with Wall Street firm [5]Piper Jaffray. > > About 50 percent of Fortune 100 companies have begun either testing or > full-out using the iPad for their corporate needs, though Piper Jaffray > senior research analyst [6]Gene Munster wouldn't specify which > companies, AppleInsider reported. > > Apple's enterprise presence has continued to grow, as its enterprise > sales [7]grew 50 percent in the second quarter this year when compared > to the same time period last year. The iPad has a number of tools for > enterprise users, including access to corporate email accounts, > applications for creating and editing presentations and a huge > application development ecosystem for custom enterprise applications. > > iPad sales will also continue to grow as the supply of Apple's tablets > has grown enough to sate heavy demand for the device, Munster said. > Apple sold [8]3 million units after the device's launch through the end > of the second quarter in July. > > Sales in emerging markets could also drive the Apple's performance in > 2011, as the iPad was finally [9]launched in China earlier this month > with some success. Best Buy will also [10]begin selling the iPad in all > 1,093 of its stores later this week in advance of the holiday season. > > Apple's iPad serves as a media consumption device that falls somewhere > between the smaller iPod Touch and iPhone and the more expensive > Macbook and Macbook Pro laptop computers that Apple offers. Apple > targets casual computer users -- with full access to the App Store -- > with the iPad at a price point between $500 and $829. > > This isn't the first time cheerleaders have come out in favor of the > iPad: [11]Maynard Um of UBS Investment Research said earlier this month > that Apple [12]could sell up to 28 million iPads in 2011, beating out > the Samsung Galaxy Tab android tablet. > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
