Today I went out in search of other tablet like devices and found these: Notion Ink's Adam 1. 10 inch transflective LCD PixelQi screen with a crisp resolution of 1024X600(also runs in a power-saver full B/W mode) 2. Support for Android, Ubuntu and Chromium 3. Features nVidia Tegra 2(1 GHz Dual core + dedicated H/W acceleration) 4. Comes with Firefox and Chrome 5. 3 USB ports 6. HDMI port 7. video out at 1080p 8. 3MP autofocus Camera 9. 16 hours battery life(160 hrs in power saver mode) 10. WiFi 11. 3G(HSPA/GSM) 12. Bluetooth 13. AGPS 14. Light Sensor 15. Accelerometer 16. Proximity Sensor 17. Touchpad 18. Multitasking Support 19. Adobe Flash 10.1 20. Memory Expandable through SD Cards Dell Mini 5 Streak: * Android OS (Probably 2.1) * 5-megapixel Camera with Autofocus and Flash * Front VGA Camera! (So you can use video chat?, think Skype!) * 30-pin Docking Connector * WVGA (800 by 480) TouchScreen * Kindle âBook Readerâ Applications * Amazon MP3 download (Thatâs comes with Android OS anyway) * Amazon Video Streams * Amazon Store Viliv X70 Series MID headed to the US, starting at $599: Featuring a 7-inch WSVGA screen (that's more than 2 inches larger than the S5), the X70 also includes an Atom 1.2/1.3GHz processor, 16/32GB SSD, optional HSPA, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Sirf Star3 GPS, 5-second XP booting and 5.5 rated hours of video playback. And yet the X70 measures less than an inch thick and but 1.4lbs in its anti-heaviness. Viliv S10 Blade: The Viliv S10 Blade is a 10 inch netbook that can function as a tablet thanks to a multitouch display and a hinge that lets you fold the screen down over the keyboard. * Windows 7 * Multitasking * Flash support * Unlocked 3G modem * Webcam * 2 USB ports * SD card slot * Video out HP Slate: Microsoft hosted the presentation of the HP Slate PC or HP Slate Tablet because it is equipped with the Windows 7. Microsoft actually presented three tablets or slates but the HP Slate PC was emphasized. The HP Slate is the smallest among the three slates or tablet PCs. The HP Slate PC with Windows 7 will be available later this 2010. Archos 9 PC tablet: Tech Specs PROCESSOR Intel ATOM Z510 1.1 GHz DISPLAY 8.9â LED backlight 1024x600 pixels Resistive touch screen Video chipset: Intel Poulsbo US15W OPERATING SYSTEM Microsoft® Windows® 7 Starter Edition SYSTEM MEMORY 1GB onboard (DDR2 SDRAM 400) HARD DRIVE HDD 60GB (1.8â) COMMUNICATION WiFi: PCI-E interface, 1 antenna, support IEEE 802.11b/g Ethernet: 10/100 Mb/s Ethernet Controller (via port replicator) Bluetooth 2.0 (EDR compliant) AUDIO Audio card : Realtek ALC269 2 built-in stereo speakers Built-in microphone PORTS USB 2.0 port (2 additional ports via port replicator) DC-IN jack 3.5â audio output (1 additional output via port replicator) Microphone input (via port replicator) Ethernet port (via port replicator) MOUSE NAVIGATION Optical finger navigation system (trackpoint) Left and right mouse buttons POWER SOURCE Internal: removable Lithium Polymer battery External: Power adapter/charger BATTERY LIFE Approx. 5h MISCELLANEOUS Integrated 1.3MP webcam Built-in leg stand (2 positions) DIMENSIONS 256 x 134 x 17 mm WEIGHT 800 grams PACKAGE INCLUDES ARCHOS 9, removable battery, stylus, AC adapter with power cord, user guide, legal and safety notice Joo Joo: The JooJoo tablet features a 12.1-inch touchscreen (the âlargest in the industry,â according to its makers), Wi-Fi, and a 4GB Solid State Drive. It also has a USB 2.0 port, a Webcam and built-in mic, and a complete Adobe Flash support (as well as HD Flash).It uses the Internet platform (the 4GB SSD is to store cache and the operating system), and doesnât come with apps( a similarity with the iPad). A major disadvantage of this product is that its use gets extremely confined without Internet access, and it doesnât support 3G connectivity.
over 150000 iPad pre-order sales http://www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/sto...-good.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA
I have a friend at the company in marketing on the mac-side, but even he admits that it's under their expectations.
Capitulation of the shorts? Hugh block trade when this news hit the wires. 3:28p BREAKING Apple sells 100s of thousands pre-order iPads: WSJ
Maybe. They were some selling patterns in the past days. I see some 10 to 30 points to the downside. Longs could add fuel to the momentum now. Oscillators are bearish, too. On the other side this trading range might as well continue.
I've been in on puts for a few days, finally starting to move. I'd like to see between 215-200 and sales numbers for the iPad before I get bullish on aapl