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All, The above storyboard provides the S Curve that was addressed in Chapter 7 of Roger's text. My research of data for the iPad is for 2010 and from March 7 to April 17th 2011 based on the iPad 2 availability and posted orders. I did not see any data for January and February 2011. Now the iPad 2 was announced in February so maybe most people felt that they should not purchase an iPad 2010. Just click on the above box for the information.

All of your comments are welcomed. Val

Hi Val,

Excellent job on the PPT and accompaying visuals. I am immensely impressed with the sales tracking, which obviously allows for the development of the S-Curve for the initial iPad. Admittedly, I'm probably going to be one of the laggards, maybe even late majority, for iPad 2. Like other electronic aficionados, I want to see all of the kinks worked out before I plop a grand-plus (minus my educators discount) down for the tablet. The way the media seem to be building up the roll-out of iPad 2, I expect some big numbers as the innovation ascends up the S-Curve. I wish I could say with conviction I will be one of the early innovators, if not part of the early majority, but again, I want to see the bugs worked out first. I know the $499 price tag is not applicable, because I'll need a keyboard, 4G wireless capacity, and all the other bells and whistles to build upon the setbacks and add-ons needed for iPad 1.

Thanks for putting together an impressive presentation.

Fred

Fred, Actually the 4G capability is not in iPad 2, which is one of the criticisms. The numbers may start to slow because of the lack of this feature. We will stay tuned! Val

Hi Val...

I like the graphs that you included in your presentation to illustrate how the S-curve patterns appears in the sales of the iPad. If you were to "zoom" out on the graphs, what do you the think that graphs would look like in regard to an S-curve pattern? For example, the first graph tends to just show an upward linear trend whereas the second graph illustrates a definite S-curve during the 2011 time period.

Keep up the hard work!

Mike :)

Thanks Mike, I still have much work to do. I believe the S curve would come out based on increase sales however there has been some criticism of the iPad concerning the screen size (should be larger) and the Face to Face application is not working properly. Val

Val, I am curious as to where you were able to find the number of purchases for each year? Your graphs both appear to be quite well done.

Jason