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First, Gartner Research slashed its PC sales forecast because of iPad cannibalization. Then, IDC said consumers are shifting their focus from PCs to tablets. But now, NPD Group says the iPad isn’t causing the PC market to flounder. …

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In Apple’s earnings report released on Wednesday, the firm noted that it shipped 4.69 million iPad units during the second quarter — down from the 7.33 million it shipped the quarter prior. Apple’s chief operating officer, Tim Cook, …

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Ming-Chi Kuo of Concord Securities released a note to investors today detailing his ideas on the iPad 2′s components. The analyst seems to agree with 9to5mac’s findings in the SDK and is claiming the iPad 2 will keep the iPad 1′s 1024 x …

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Hardly surprising. This holiday season the iPad was pretty much the go-to device for consumers looking to gift a tablet. In a note to clients this week, Wedge Partners analyst Brian Blair said recent retail checks point to significant …

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In addition to an early lead in the tablet market, the iPad appears to have given something potentially more valuable: a foothold in the budget-conscious demographic that’s typically paid little attention to it.

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For some time, many have seen the iPad as only a threat to the PC industry. However, Apple’s tablet could actually breathe life into that market, providing new blood for an anemic industry. If the iPad is classified a PC, third-quarter …

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Keep in mind, when it comes to non-phone electronics products, McGranahan says DVD players had the fastest adoption rate ever before the iPad (presumably meaning new categories of gadgets). The sales rate of the iPad after one quarter …

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But if it was, says analyst Chris Whitmore of Deutsche Bank, the iPad would be winning. We’re going to see quite a few tablet devices come to market before all is said and done, including the Blackberry PlayBook and products from …

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Amazon to sell 5 million Kindles this year, says analyst ZDNet (blog) Commentary from individual authors saying that they sell in certain cases 60x as many books in the Kindle Store as they do the iBook store has led us to … and more »

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Hon Hai Precision Industries will build the iPad, due to Apple not yet having picked a second tablet supplier, according to the analysts. Although news of a front-facing camera had been reported elsewhere, this is the first mention that …

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