Taken from the new iPad SDK you can see that there is an option to take a photo yet the iPad’s spec sheet does not contain information on a camera. Most likely there will only be an external camera that will attach to the iPad. Hopefully they surprise us all and include a camera.
Apple decided to send Daniel Tosh an iPad to use in his show, apparently this didn’t work out the way Apple had intended because here is a clip murdering it with a golf club. So the iPad isn’t really that tough.
Apple is making some pretty good margins on the iPad. The entry level 16GB Wi-Fi only version nets Apple around $208.00 profit, while the Top 64GB 3G equipped iPad brings in $446.00 profit.
A bill of materials analysis was done by Brian Marshall of Broadpoint AmTech, who found that the entry level iPad costs Apple around $270 to produce. They may also need to include at least $20 for warranty charges.
Apple’s latest A4 chip was listed at only $15, and the most expensive part was the LCD screen at around $100. We can see that Apple’s profit margin on the entry level iPad is almost 43%!! Mr Marshall also found out that the same entry level model with 3G equipped costs only $16 more to produce, yet they charge $130.
Because Apple’s iPad line as a whole nets approximately 50% margin, Marshall called the iPad “another grand slam for Apple,” and changed is 2010 sales prediction from 2.2 million to 7 million.
Well everyone, it seems as though Apple’s iPad has some tricks that I believe will be revealed at their iPhone OS 4.0 event this March. It seems as though I was correct. Steve Jobs did rush over the keynote.
An iPad developer managed to get the dock to show 6 icons! That’s great! This takes advantage of the massive screen that it has.
Now, as of now, the iPad is running iPhone OS 3.2 beta 1. Now, we expect to uncover some more things from the OS as Apple cranks out more revisions to the OS.
Stay tuned…
Sony’s CFO, Nobuyuki Oneda, made the following statements at a Tokyo news conference held to announce the company’s quarterly financial results.
