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15 Million Ipads sold in one year would seem to handily contradict whatever argument you're trying to make. People love tablet pcs, because they simplify comput
by trustfundbaby 16y ago
15 Million Ipads sold in one year would seem to handily contradict whatever argument you're trying to make. People love tablet pcs, because they simplify computing for them ... a lot of people on hacker news don't get that, because using computers (in all their delicious complexity) is generally second nature for us.
- blocke 16y ago$15 million impresses you? Chump change.
- trustfundbaby 16y ago15 million iPads sold in one year certainly impresses me, that's 5% of the US population reached ... In one year.
- gergles 16y agoThe iPad was sold worldwide.
- brisance 16y agoHow did 15 million tablets become $15 million?
- ctdonath 16y agoNo, but >$500*15M=$7.5B in less than a year with a new product in a went-nowhere-for-decades category does.
- blocke 16y agoI'm going to assume the parent post wasn't edited. I swore there was a dollar sign there.