OMG - Apple fanboys must wait ...

[island911]

...for their next impulse purchase.

Apple pushes back shipping of new iPad pre-orders - Yahoo! Finance

[stomachmonkey]

That's cause Apple listened to you and underestimated the demand.

Estimates are somewhere around 350,000 were pre-ordered.

[legion]

That doesn't make any sense. If the product is ready to go, you ship and you fill orders in the order received.

You only delay shipping when the product has a problem. Maybe the magifying glass is delaminating. Maybe the iPhone on the inside breaks loose and starts to rattle around.

[Moses]

Demand For iPads Exploding: Apple Could Sell 8-10 Million This Year, Suppliers Predict

Demand For iPads Exploding: Apple Could Sell 8-10 Million This Year, Suppliers Predict - Yahoo! Finance

[island911]

Maybe they're having a tough time finding enough big 1024-by-768-pixel screens?

Seriously, that cracked me up, when I read that. (1024x768) ...My cellphone has half as many pixels, but isn't a half square-foot of of display face either. (like the iPad)

I suppose the fanboys are getting old now, and need the big course display. But sheesh, with arthritic hands, how are they supposed to hold that thing for very long? --no kickstand . . no keyboard base to stabilize it. As tablets go (and I've owned a lot of them) the iPad is looking weak. OTOH, it does appear that it would make a good active picture frame (wall/cubicle mounted w/ double-stick tape)

[Moses]

I'm an admitted Apple fan boy, but the iPad misses the mark for me. I use Macintosh computers exclusively because I love the OS. The iPad doesn't run the Mac OS! I like the idea of the iPad, but it needs a real OS. The iPhone OS is great...for a PHONE. I am not interested in a tablet running a cell phone OS.

[Super_Dave_D]

Thats strange - I got an email this morning that my iPad has shipped UPS and will be delivered on or before Saturday.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

We get it: You don't like Apple, Apple products or the people that buy Apple products.

It has been noted.

[Super_Dave_D]

ohhhhhhhhhhh The delay is for order after March 27th (Friday).....I get mine Friday or Saturday!!! YEAAAAA I'm such a fan!!


"The company began taking preorders for the iPad on March 12, promising to get the device to eager buyers by its store launch date of April 3rd. Customers who placed pre-orders by March 27 will receive the device by that date, where Saturday delivery is available, but Apple said Sunday that new pre-orders won't be shipped out until April 12."

[island911]

Apple did at least plan for some needed features ...
their cover/stand for $40 is slick.




And after-market ($?)...

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by legion

That doesn't make any sense. If the product is ready to go, you ship and you fill orders in the order received.

You only delay shipping when the product has a problem. Maybe the magifying glass is delaminating. Maybe the iPhone on the inside breaks loose and starts to rattle around.

Did you actually read the article? Island's insinuation is misleading.

Those who pre-ordered before 27Mar will get them on-time. Those who ordered after that will get them later because they ran out of production.

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by Moses

I'm an admitted Apple fan boy, but the iPad misses the mark for me. I use Macintosh computers exclusively because I love the OS. The iPad doesn't run the Mac OS! I like the idea of the iPad, but it needs a real OS. The iPhone OS is great...for a PHONE. I am not interested in a tablet running a cell phone OS.

I haven't ordered one, but am close due to this app:

iReal Book

I have it on my phone, but that is a little small to read on the bandstand (though it has already saved my at a couple of gigs). WIth the iPad, I can carry all my charts as well as lyrics sheets, etc. No more hauling around multiple 3-ring binders to gigs.

[island911]

Originally Posted by nostatic

Did you actually read the article? Island's insinuation is misleading..

I must have also missed Island's insinuation. Could you point it out for us?

[nostatic]

Perhaps I should have said "accidental" - the Yahoo link has the insinuation.

Then again, as Shaun said, you love to take the piss out of Apple and their users. Duly noted.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Originally Posted by nostatic

Did you actually read the article? Island's insinuation is misleading.

innuendo presented as fact, opinion presented as hard data, bitterness presented as snark, trolling presented as an alert.

he is his own personal echo chamber.

[nostatic]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

echo chamber.

Now batting...batting...batting...

Manny Mota...Mota...Mota...

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

We get it: You don't like Apple, Apple products or the people that buy Apple products.

It has been noted.

island just needs to hate things.

[island911]

Originally Posted by Shaun 84 Targa

innuendo presented as fact, opinion presented as hard data, bitterness presented as snark, trolling presented as an alert.

he is his own personal echo chamber.

Originally Posted by Jim Richards

island just needs to hate things.

Some serious projection going on there ...

... you two are giving great self descriptions. Really.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

yes, it's easy to see how you created this thread just dripping with altruism.

wipe up and move on.

[Soterik]

Originally Posted by island911

Some serious projection going on there ...

... you two are giving great self descriptions. Really.

I hear that Jobs is a secret member of the RGruppe...