Two Problems For Apple iPad
The new Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad has mechanical and data consumption problems. So far they have not dented the pace of the sales of the iPad which reached three million units in first four days it was on the market. Consumer reports…
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Consumer reports wrote that, under certain conditions, the tablet runs much hotter than earlier versions–up to 116 degrees. That may not matter to users, but it is bad PR.
And, The Wall Street Journal reports that people who have watched a few hours of movies on the machine hit the high end of their data plans. That could make owning an iPad very expensive. Apple no longer has Steve Jobs to take the stage at a major event and explain away the problems. The company has to hope that the sales frenzy the iPad has created will not be undermined by the reports.
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