Details of the next-generation iPad “are in line with expectation,” however an early shipping date caught some analyst off-guard, one prominent Apple analyst told investors Wednesday afternoon.
The additional news that Apple had sold the 100 millionth iPhone also mirrored Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster’s outlook for 16.2 million sales of the iconic handset during the March fiscal quarter.
The lack of any price change or “evolutionary additions” to the initial iPad likely means the first tablet will be phased out quickly, ABI Research analyst Jeff Orr noted. Although the addition of video cameras, a dual-core processor and HDMI video output keeps the iPad 2 in the running with other tablets, it is really Apple’s ecosystem and integration with other Apple products that differentiates the company, Orr said.
The absence of a lower price is because Apple “feels they have a lack of competition,” Orr told us.
Ed Sutherland is a veteran technology journalist who first heard of Apple when they grew on trees, Yahoo was run out of a Stanford dorm and Google was an unknown upstart. Since then, Sutherland has covered the whole technology landscape, concentrating on tracking the trends and figuring out the finances of large (and small) technology companies.
24 responses to “Munster: iPad 2 ‘In Line with Expectation’”
what did people expect really?? there sin’t much else left to put into the iPad except retina display
Useless until it gets external storage capabilities and until in uses Business software like MS Office, or iLife. It’s still a social toy that is fun, but not functional – next gen please!
Why are writers who guess at things and are more often wrong than right called analysts?
Because they know how to get those jobs. Give it a shot to making near 7 figures a year.
what if u use something like gotomypc on it? Does it become more functional?
We call them psychics when they’re talking about your life instead of tech.
I’m going to call troll. We use Citrix Xen 6 (About as corporate as you can get) which allows me to use all of Windows on my iPad. Full Excel, Outlook, etc… Fully functional. More corporate than you meant, well then there is Pages and Numbers.
In case you didnt watch the iPad 2 keynote, there is iMovie & Garagebad available for iPad now. The only app missing is iPhoto for iPad which hopefully will get released some time this year.
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That’s because all the idiot techtards simply like to look at features, instead of function. That’s why the overwhelming majority of consumers realize that this is a far superior device. Its just so damn easy to use. And the software available, as well as the ecosystem blows the rest away.
Anyone else notice that Apple ads and video, Black people use black iPad 2 and White people use white iPad 2??? WTF
your thinking is little bit racist, if you see skin color difference its wrong. its black for male white for female. thats what i can see.