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Re:Apple Obliterates Q3 Earnings Estimates: Best Mac Sales E... by atlbeer on Wednesday July 21, 2010 @06:50AM (#1534835)
iPad's (at least in my office Fortune500) are very much the new must have tech executive toy. Toy is probably the wrong word as they are carried everywhere to every meeting.
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Re:Apple Obliterates Q3 Earnings Estimates: Best Mac Sales E... by allenp on Wednesday July 21, 2010 @08:41AM (#1535009)
This is interesting - do you think a RIM or HP (Palm) tablet would make the same in-roads if the functionality/aesthetics were good enough? Is the iPad a social marker or is it filling a functional need?
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