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Originally Posted by ratbastid
Apple pre-sold around 50k units when they went on sale on the web yesterday. Their average hardware sales on their website is around 15k a day, to give you a sense of the scale of this thing.
Pundits expecting iPad to flop are going to be disappointed.
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As someone who loves books and who works in publishing, I chortle with delight.
Also, it's good to see
someone giving Amazon a run for their money.
One thing though: I'm still not sure I'd want this as my primary e-book reader. The screen isn't the best suited for reading a lot of text. I'd still prefer the Sony Reader in this respect.
But, still, as a multifunctional, Web/media-oriented device, the iPad looks like a winner.