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iPad 2 in the batting cage
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Both T-Mobile and Orange have dropped their iPad pricing, suggesting that the iPad 2 will be with us in a matter of weeks
... Orange is now selling the iPad for ?99 on its 24-month contracts and T-Mobile is offering the same to existing customers.
Previously, Orange was offering the iPad WiFi + 3G at ?199.99 upfront on a ?25 per month contract to existing customers and at ?229.99 for new customers on a ?27 per month contract - so the new pricing offers a saving of at least ?100 on each.
Clear the channels !
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Perhaps ” ipad2 on deck” rather than in the batting cage to keep our baseball analogies square..
Bases are loaded…..now batting in the cleanup spot…no.2 in your scorecard and first in your hearts….....
Home run coming, for sure. :-D
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I thought about on-deck, but I wanted to see an additional “tangible” rumor.
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I stopped by Best Buy today. They are sold out of all their ipads except 16+3g, 32+3g, and 64 wifi. Not sure if this has any significants or not.
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We just got our own hands on a case for the yet to be announced second generation iPad (weird, right?) and from the top, it?s crazy thin. It?s difficult to explain how thin this thing is and, if it is legit, props to Apple for being able to make a tablet as thin as they did.
Our case is silicon and has all the new iPad 2 fixings we?ve heard so far, except the magical top port. The bottom of the case has space for the standard 30-pin dock connector and a larger speaker with a meshed grill. The case also has room for the now standard mute/screen lock switch and volume rocker on the right. We?re thinking, due to the tapering, that the mute/screen lock switch will slide like the iPhone 4?s.
The left side has that super mysterious port and the top has the standard earphone jack and the sleep/wake power button. Oh, and the back? It has a camera hole, slightly larger than the one?s found on iPhone 4 cases (which might allow for movement/alignment issues). Back to the left-side port: there are a few things people think it?s for. The rumor mill has been filled with speculation that it might be an SD card slot, a full USB port, or most recently for a Light Peak port.
We went ahead and tried stuffing an SD card through the port and it?s just too wide. So that SD card reader? It won?t be on the left side, probably no where on the iPad 2 at this point. Next, is USB 2.0 and Light Peak. Although we would like to believe the iPad 2 will sport a USB port, the caps on those two cables are just to tall and wide to fit through the port. The only logical cable at this point is a micro-USB port, and this fits great with Europe?s new micro-USB port regulation. Knowing Apple, it might not be that either. Maybe a new port scratched at the last moment? A mini/micro-SD card?
Be sure to check our video above to truly see how thin the device could possibly be.
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This wouldn’t be good at all. It is being reported by Bloomberg. I don’t think it’s true but who knows.
Apple’s New iPad Shipments May Be Delayed to June, Yuanta Securities Says
By Weiyi Lim - Feb 21, 2011 6:52 PM PTShipments of the new version of Apple Inc.?s iPad may be delayed to June from April, Yuanta Securities Co. said in a research note today. The report by Vincent Chen and Alison Chen, analysts at Yuanta, cited ?production bottlenecks? at Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. after Apple made design changes before the Lunar New year.
The FUD machine is in full force right now. Yuanta? Really???
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Yuanta. Apparently, a first-tier firm for Taiwan trading. Main offices on one of the 2 main east-west roads in Taipei with about 10 other offices worldwide, mainly in China and SE Asia. Background on Taiwan: population 23.14 million. a fairly crowded country, with a psuh-me-pull-me relationship with mainland China.
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This wouldn’t be good at all. It is being reported by Bloomberg. I don’t think it’s true but who knows.
Apple’s New iPad Shipments May Be Delayed to June, Yuanta Securities Says
By Weiyi Lim - Feb 21, 2011 6:52 PM PTShipments of the new version of Apple Inc.?s iPad may be delayed to June from April, Yuanta Securities Co. said in a research note today. The report by Vincent Chen and Alison Chen, analysts at Yuanta, cited ?production bottlenecks? at Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. after Apple made design changes before the Lunar New year.
The FUD machine is in full force right now. Yuanta? Really???
Jon Najarian has been saying this for days. I assumed he was lying in order to manipulate the stock. THIS will get play in the media? it’s clearly APPL bashing season. THAT plus Libya and things are looking REALLY bad short term. Hedgies win again.
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Wait ‘em out until the Apple announcements and/or near earnings. Simple as pie.
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This wouldn’t be good at all. It is being reported by Bloomberg. I don’t think it’s true but who knows.
From Jim Dalrymple: Rumors of iPad 2, iPhone 5 delays are not true
I’ve found Bloomberg to be unreliable regarding AAPL “news”. Anyone else have that impression?
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Singletary
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Yuanta. Apparently, a first-tier firm for Taiwan trading. Main offices on one of the 2 main east-west roads in Taipei with about 10 other offices worldwide, mainly in China and SE Asia. Background on Taiwan: population 23.14 million. a fairly crowded country, with a psuh-me-pull-me relationship with mainland China.
Yuanta Securities Co. said in a research note today. The report by Vincent Chen and Alison Chen, analysts at Yuanta, cited ?production bottlenecks? at Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. after Apple made design changes before the Lunar New year.
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danthemason
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1st post fud.
fear, uncertainty, doubt.
Probably holding puts.
[ Edited: 19 April 2011 06:30 AM by danthemason ]
