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152000 iPad Orders Can’t Be Wrong
In their first weekend of sale, the iPad apparently sold over 150,000 units sight-unseen. It’s an amazing event, even for the great marketing machine at Apple. Once these babies hit the street, you now have 150,000 salespeople on the street. Daniel Tello, a market expert, told Fortune magazine that he didn’t expect the units to hit more than 500,000 in pre-orders and wouldn’t see 1 million iPads shipped until 2 weeks after general release. The first 3 hours saw 50,000 iPads sell through pre-order, with the remainder coming over the next 2+ days. The numbers show the first real acceptance of a tablet PC on the market. At a $829 price tag for the top-of-the-line model (64GB + WiFi + 3G) they are only slightly more expensive than high-end netbooks. However, if … Read entire article »
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107 bucks replaces the iPad battery
True to form, Apple’s sleek new product doesn’t have an easily replaceable battery. The reports have varied, but replacement battery prices have settled around the $107 range, with the latest story coming out of the Kansas-City Star. Thinking back to earlier product issues such as the iPhone Replacement Screens and iPod battery replacement, one assumed that Apple would follow in suit. The fact that they aren’t charging full-replacement value for the battery means that Apple’s Customer Service is learning a valuable lesson in consumer products. Apple says it will give people whose iPads have a “diminished ability to hold an electrical charge” an entire new unit. The service will cost $99 plus $6.95 in shipping charges. In retrospect, $99 plus shipping is a small price to pay…and if the initial battery lasts even … Read entire article »
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