It's been confirmed iPads are moving out the door as fast as Apple can make them but now there's also verification that Apple's will be increasing production on the tablet in the days to come. It has however taken some time for the full brunt of the iPad's great success to be understood by the computer and retail industries.
It would seem that the time for some schooling is here. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Best Buy CEO Brian Dunn has stated that the iPad is cannibalizing upwards of 50% of all laptop sales from his company's chain of stores. He later admitted he was talking about Netbooks (almost the same Brian).
Still, this is shocking news, especially when you consider that Apple never positioned the iPade as an alternative to either. Even more surprising is the fact that Dunn made this revelation just after the end of the busy back to school shopping season, a time when traditional laptops and desktop computers have traditionally flown off the shelf for busy students to write essays, crunch numbers and most certainly NOT play games on when they should be studying for their mid-terms or finals. As a result of the iPad's rising financials, Best Buy has decided to increase their iPad coverage by rolling the device out to 1000 of their American locations by the end of the month and providing the device with more display space on store floors. Given the numbers Best Buy has been seeing, it's a move that makes good sense.
With the holiday shopping season looming and with the iOS 4.2 update here, we'll get to see the full fury of what the iPad is capable of in retail stores.
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