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From: Robert Maxey <bobbyzio36@gmail.com>
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 12:00
Subject: [iPad] Re: iBooks 2 author
To: iPad@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, 25 January 2012, 12:00
Subject: [iPad] Re: iBooks 2 author
Not sure if Apple's app sales have reached a plateau. They have sold a billion apps; their iPhone sales are astounding as are iPad sales. They sold vast numbers of textbooks. (350,000 in three days)
The iPad 3 will arrive, eventually, and it will drive even more app sales. As people discover how useful their iPads are, this will drive more sales as well.
Can someone who thinks apps have reached some plateau, please provide your reasoning? Apple has the entire market as far as apps go. If you own an iDevice, there is only one place to go for apps.
--- In iPad@yahoogroups.com, "David H. Bailey" <dhbailey52@...> wrote:
>
> On 1/25/2012 5:15 AM, Carlee Marrer-Tising wrote:
> >
> >
> > Never thought about this in this way, but it is quite interesting. So it
> > sounds like a book will be more or less equal to a music album (average
> > 15 songs?), with some being more expensive on either side. As to the
> > apps, I think as the euphoria of new users dies down, then they buy
> > fewer apps, but on the other hand, I notice that I keep finding more and
> > more uses for my iPad! The latest is getting things to go with my new
> > (piano) keyboard, including chords! I want to review and re-memorize all
> > the chords, and what better way than with my iPad!
>
> App sales may have plateaued some, but when the new iPad is released,
> they'll soar again. It's typical when a new product is released that
> new purchasers buy software for it, and then as they settle into using
> the device they slow down their software purchases. But a new device
> will bring new users as well as new apps to take advantage of the new
> capabilities of the new device, so the cycle will continue.
>
> Hardware drives software sales which in turn drive hardware sales --
> it's a cycle which has been happening ever since the advent of computers.
>
> I'd like to know where the figure of $14.99 as a minimum price for
> ebooks at iTunes was specified - if that's really true people will
> continue to buy Kindles, or simply install the free Kindle app (and Nook
> app) on their iPads and continue to buy the much less expensive ebooks
> from them. Apple will lose big-time if that price is real.
>
>
> --
> David H. Bailey
> dhbailey@...
>
The iPad 3 will arrive, eventually, and it will drive even more app sales. As people discover how useful their iPads are, this will drive more sales as well.
Can someone who thinks apps have reached some plateau, please provide your reasoning? Apple has the entire market as far as apps go. If you own an iDevice, there is only one place to go for apps.
--- In iPad@yahoogroups.com, "David H. Bailey" <dhbailey52@...> wrote:
>
> On 1/25/2012 5:15 AM, Carlee Marrer-Tising wrote:
> >
> >
> > Never thought about this in this way, but it is quite interesting. So it
> > sounds like a book will be more or less equal to a music album (average
> > 15 songs?), with some being more expensive on either side. As to the
> > apps, I think as the euphoria of new users dies down, then they buy
> > fewer apps, but on the other hand, I notice that I keep finding more and
> > more uses for my iPad! The latest is getting things to go with my new
> > (piano) keyboard, including chords! I want to review and re-memorize all
> > the chords, and what better way than with my iPad!
>
> App sales may have plateaued some, but when the new iPad is released,
> they'll soar again. It's typical when a new product is released that
> new purchasers buy software for it, and then as they settle into using
> the device they slow down their software purchases. But a new device
> will bring new users as well as new apps to take advantage of the new
> capabilities of the new device, so the cycle will continue.
>
> Hardware drives software sales which in turn drive hardware sales --
> it's a cycle which has been happening ever since the advent of computers.
>
> I'd like to know where the figure of $14.99 as a minimum price for
> ebooks at iTunes was specified - if that's really true people will
> continue to buy Kindles, or simply install the free Kindle app (and Nook
> app) on their iPads and continue to buy the much less expensive ebooks
> from them. Apple will lose big-time if that price is real.
>
>
> --
> David H. Bailey
> dhbailey@...
>
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