Comments on: Analyst: Apple to skip iPad mini in 2012, keep low-cost iPad 2 instead http://gigaom.com/2011/12/23/analyst-apple-to-skip-ipad-mini-in-2012-keep-low-cost-ipad-2-instead/ Fri, 24 May 2013 21:43:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ok... http://gigaom.com/2011/12/23/analyst-apple-to-skip-ipad-mini-in-2012-keep-low-cost-ipad-2-instead/#comment-800568 Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:34:43 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=459873#comment-800568 so basicly its a ipod touch with a new name

]]> By: XZ http://gigaom.com/2011/12/23/analyst-apple-to-skip-ipad-mini-in-2012-keep-low-cost-ipad-2-instead/#comment-782465 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 05:02:48 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=459873#comment-782465 To Kevin: Are you making a joke? Your two sentence review has at least four grammar mistakes…

]]> By: P Howard Dilling http://gigaom.com/2011/12/23/analyst-apple-to-skip-ipad-mini-in-2012-keep-low-cost-ipad-2-instead/#comment-782462 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 04:57:51 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=459873#comment-782462 Yeah, and Apple is going to add a slide-out keyboard and a floppy drive to iPad 3. Why do analysts insist on publishing articles about products Apple is never going to produce? Has anyone listened to what Steve said abou the 7″ form factor?

]]> By: Christopher Armenia http://gigaom.com/2011/12/23/analyst-apple-to-skip-ipad-mini-in-2012-keep-low-cost-ipad-2-instead/#comment-782355 Sat, 24 Dec 2011 01:42:44 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=459873#comment-782355 Sounds plausible. Keep the iPad 2 alive in an 8 GB wifi configuration for $249-$299 to compete with low end tablets like they did with iPhone 4. As long as the iPad 3 lives up to the hype (retina display, A6 chip, 4G LTE, Siri?) iPad 2 shouldn’t cannibalize its sales too badly. Personally, I would like to see AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint offering subsidized pricing on 3G models with a data contract.

]]> By: Luscious http://gigaom.com/2011/12/23/analyst-apple-to-skip-ipad-mini-in-2012-keep-low-cost-ipad-2-instead/#comment-782270 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 23:26:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=459873#comment-782270 Analysts – I wouldn’t trust them as far as I could kick them. How many times in the past have analysts been proven wrong? And why do tech journalists present their opinion as fact? In an industry as rapidly changing and volatile as IT, I would not put money on the word of some guy just because he calls himself an analyst.

Maybe instead of spinning around sensationalist articles fulled with speculation and BS, GigaOM put in the effort with a background check on these characters, did some of it’s own homework, and invested in content that shows genuine time and effort. Hey Om, when was the last time you did YOUR OWN research?

]]> By: rick gregory http://gigaom.com/2011/12/23/analyst-apple-to-skip-ipad-mini-in-2012-keep-low-cost-ipad-2-instead/#comment-782056 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:43:03 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=459873#comment-782056 They won’t keep the full iPad 2 line alive if they do this. It will only be, I’d be, the wifi models and probably not all of those. Alternatively, they keep the bottom 2 models (i.e. the 16g wifi and 3G) alive if they feel they need to offer 3G for competitive reasons.

However, I’d like to see GigaOm do something no one else seems to… question the analyst record. In Kevin’s linked article he cites Digitimes which seems to have a spotty record. This article cites ATD’s discussion with an analyst… but what’s the guy’s record? Does he have any special insight into Apple’s product doings or is he just some guy?

]]> By: Kevin http://gigaom.com/2011/12/23/analyst-apple-to-skip-ipad-mini-in-2012-keep-low-cost-ipad-2-instead/#comment-781939 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:15:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=459873#comment-781939 the author of this article has pretty horrible grammar and writing style. It’s seriously hard to read this article.

]]> By: Laughing_Boy48 http://gigaom.com/2011/12/23/analyst-apple-to-skip-ipad-mini-in-2012-keep-low-cost-ipad-2-instead/#comment-781920 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:54:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=459873#comment-781920 A lower-priced iPad 2 makes more sense in the Apple way of doing things although I hope they at least sell a 16 GB iPad for about $100 less for those consumer that believe $499 is too much to pay for a tablet. I’d only hope for a 7″ tablet from Apple to pester Amazon’s sales, but Apple wouldn’t sell any tablet for $199 so it probably wouldn’t do Apple any good. Apple should just go with the lower-priced iPad 2 which could be used in schools and health care industry. It would probably be good for small businesses that use iPads, too.

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