01/29/2010

Some thoughts and quotes on the iPad.
"Publishers will actually withhold their [e]books from Amazon...because they are not happy with the price.' - Steve Jobs.

Forrester Research predicts Apple's will sell between 5 million and 10 million iPads in its first year.

Amazon has "maybe" sold 1.7 million Kindles.

Sony's eReader sales "quadrupled on a year-over-year basis" in 2009. 1 x 4 =... nevermind.
Jan 29, 2010 11:17:38 PM

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