Cheap iPhone Coming + Netbook

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(1) Yukari Iwatani Kane and Ethan Smith, Less-Pricey iPhone in the Works. Wall Street Jouurnal, Feb 14, 2011.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704657104576142262842435544.html

(2) Steve Lohr, From Rising Star to Wallflower, the Netbook Tells a Tale; Netboks still do brisk business in China and Latin Anerica. New York Times, Feb 14, 2011 (title in the print).
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/14/technology/14netbook.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=netbook&st=cse
("Netbook sales were meteoric in 2009, jumping eightfold in the United States, to 7.5 million devices, and tripling worldwide to 34 million. Yet the torrid growth stalled last year")

My comment: If you are busy, just take a look at the graphic. The report says, "Sales of netbooks * * * were slowing even before the iPad went on sale in April." But Mr Steve Jobs heralded iPad in January 2010, before it was on sale the following April. There had been intense speculation several months prior to the January debut. One interpretation of netbook sale data is that consumers anticipated the arrival of iPad and decided to wait.
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