Comments on: ‘Conservative’ estimate predicts 48 million iPad sales in 2012 http://gigaom.com/2012/01/18/conservative-estimate-predicts-48-million-ipad-sales-in-2012/ Wed, 22 May 2013 20:38:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Erik Lagerway http://gigaom.com/2012/01/18/conservative-estimate-predicts-48-million-ipad-sales-in-2012/#comment-798051 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:01:35 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=472273#comment-798051 It will take years for any vendor (with exception of Amazon potentially) to knock the iPad off the “hockey stick” growth curve, for many reasons. UI, Design, Community, Distribution, etc etc.

As consumers we certainly need competition but I have yet to see any even show up.

As a developer, Apple’s “any choice in hardware as long as it’s back” mantra is the best strategy for deploying apps, and it’s likely 1 of the main reasons why RIM could not foster a material developer community and now finds itself near dead.

Microsoft may try and compete but if history repeats itself (which it will) they will not be a threat for quite a long time, IMHO.

]]> By: Lindsworth Horatio Deer http://gigaom.com/2012/01/18/conservative-estimate-predicts-48-million-ipad-sales-in-2012/#comment-797945 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 17:22:21 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=472273#comment-797945 48 million in 2012Ad is conservative?? Wow, based on the specs the apple iPad 3 is possibly packing, i was thinking more like 100 million, if the amazon kindle doesn’t slice them apart

http://mythoughtsontechnologyandjamaica.blogspot.com/2012/01/apple-ipad-3-launch-on-march-2012.html

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