According to a new survey, 44% of iPad purchasers say they won’t be buying a notebook because of the device.
via Survey: Consumers are replacing other computers with iPad.
Count me in with those 44%.
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Apple's WWDC event sold out in 8 days
iPads sell out in days, WWDC sells out in days, can Apple deal with demand?
It might be a nice problem to have, but one gets a sense that Apple has growing pains.
iPad will be big in healthcare
Over the next 18 months more than 1,800 [iPads] will be distributed to the hospital’s physicians allowing them to move away from paper-based notes, prescriptions and medical documents.
via Ottawa Hospital boss urges staff to ‘be bold … go big’.
Perhaps this goes without saying, but iPad will be big in healthcare.
Music is a $17 billion business
IFPI said that global sales of music dropped 7.2% to $17 billion for all of 2009. Late last week, Apple reported $13.5 billion in revenue for the first quarter of the year.
Why does anybody still care about music as a business?
Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War – PowerPoint
Like an insurgency, PowerPoint has crept into the daily lives of military commanders and reached the level of near obsession. The amount of time expended on PowerPoint… has made it a running joke in the Pentagon and in Iraq and Afghanistan.
via Enemy Lurks in Briefings on Afghan War – PowerPoint – NYTimes.com.
Reminds me of PowerPoint Palace. “It’s dangerous because it can create the illusion of understanding and the illusion of control.”
But what’s the alternative? Writing complete sentences? Does anyone compose those anymore? Does anyone read anymore?
The iPad DJ: @ranajune
Using Weather HD to Look Inside the iPad App Store’s Sales
Stranded in Oslo, John Cleese takes taxi to Brussels
The longest trip so far was from Oslo to Paris
via Stranded in Oslo, John Cleese takes taxi to Brussels: media – Yahoo! News.
Speaking of selling out…
Demand for Apple’s newly upgraded line of MacBook Pro notebooks was strong on the first day, with scattered reports of the low-end 13-inch model selling out in some retail locations
via AppleInsider | New MacBook Pros off to strong start, 13-inch model selling out.