Fascinating analysis today from Trefis of the sales progress for iPad. 3MM sold. 10MM projected by years end. 30MM projected shortly after. But what’s more interesting, at least to me, is that iPads are outselling MacBooks. Outselling MacBooks. Which means that people who would normally have brought a MacBook for personal computing are making a choice to go iPad. Perhaps.
Or perhaps this means that Apple is further eating into Windows market share with the iPad? Recent reports have Apple owning the high end laptop market (91% of laptops > $1000 are sold by Apple according to this article). So if MacBook owns the $1000+ laptop market and iPad owns the $500 tablet market … where does that leave MS?
Either way, one thing that we can all conclude is that iPads are selling. There are plenty of apps already, but plenty more will surely come to meet up with consumer demand.

AT&T gets bashed so much for their network, specifically their ability to make a simple phone call. Maybe it’s Apple’s fault, but most people seem to think AT&T is at the root of the frequently-reported connectivity issues.
I for one am pleased this week to say “Thanks AT&T”, because two things have happened. The first is that the volume of dropped calls seems to have, well, dropped – significantly. It used to be literally 5-10 dropped calls a day. No more.
The second thing, and this is really good, is that I can finally make a phone call from my house. We used to have very spotty coverage – calls could only be made upstairs on the 2nd floor or in my backyard. Now – with what ever changes have come to pass – my phone actually rings and I can just pick it up and talk. All of a sudden people can reach me and we can talk without me having to dash outside or upstairs.
What a difference. Thanks AT&T