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>Wouldn't market questionnaire testing of just 100 people saved them this expensive juggling act?

Probably would've killed the ipad, too.

The iPad was not revolutionary... it is a giant iPhone with no phone. I would have said I wanted one beforehand, and believe probably 80% of the people who have bought one would have thought it looked awesome. So no, I disagree.

Today's numbers would seemingly contradict your statement about the iPad being revolutionary; http://www.comscore.com/Press_Events/Press_Releases/2011/10/...

No, if I had said the iPad was not successful, perhaps the article would contradict that.

I dunno. Unlike the Qwikster split, the iPad is pretty popular with customers.

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