With loads of media speculation over this new category of device and the possibility of success or failure of iPad, it was tough to guess the real fate of iPad before April 3. Now, with early sales estimates pouring in, its quite apparent that Apple has certainly created a new category of device, which is revolutionary and disruptive in several regards.

According to an estimate by Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, Apple sold as many as 7,00,000 iPads on the first day of its public launch. It takes no genius to estimate that Apple must have sold more than 1 million iPads by the end of Day Two, that’s April 4. Now, compare that to the 74 day time period that iPhone took, to get to the figure of 1 million and you will easily realize what’s the probable future of iPad.

One much note here that Apple is not yet selling iPad with WiFi+3G model, the preferred option for anyone who wants to take along iPad just about anywhere.When 3G enabled model comes into the market, iPad sales are bound to explode. And further, when more tablets will jump in, Apple will drop the iPad prices for staying competitive and lift the sales.

But what the key factor in this early success of iPad ? It’s the Apple Fanboys !

It has become more of a ritual for people, aka Fanboys to queue up in front of Apple Stores all across the U.S. before any such product launch and get the iPod/iPhone/iPad on Day 1 itself. And probably, it just Apple that enjoys such a committed following, not even Google.

No doubt, iPad is just awesome in many regards but it’s actually the millions of Apple fanboys that don’t even need to touch yet-to-launch Apple gadgets before pre-ordering the device weeks before getting it in their palms.

There are plenty of slate device alternatives available like WePad or many others will soon be available so why hurry for a WiFi only iPad Slate device right now ? That’s what a sensible guy would think, not an Apple Fanboy.

The war between the Slate devices is bound to get hotter and more interesting as the time passes by. We’re keeping an eye over that.

The latest speculation surrounding iPad is Apple’s future policy regarding the pricing alteration of iPad, a couple of months after its date of release. As the history of Apple products suggest, Apple tags its glittering gizmos with a high price at the time of launch and sells on the basis on positive buzz and extravagant product quality. Soon after, it attracts the masses by cutting down the price to an affordable value. This happened with iPod, then with iPhone and now, it seems that history is about to repeat itself with iPad as well.

The rumor mill is buzzing about the iPad Price cut that Apple might be considering these days. It is not confirmed whether Apple will take the plunge(price cut) before iPad’s release or after it but tech pundits are bidding over the latter option at the moment.

Apple has had a track record of squeezing high margins at the early stage of product launch and tone down the price thereafter, to sell off its gizmos like hot cakes. The speculation is that Apple will prefer the earlier strategy only. This suggests that early iPad adopters are going to get a bad deal anyway.

So, who are going to be those poor guys who will play significant role in plausible success of iPad and will later be screwed up by Apple itself ?

“The cult of Apple Fanboi”.

Apple relishes a crazy following of guys(they’re in millions by the way) who buy whatever Apple produces, no matter what the price tag asks for. These guys love flaunting their sleek and sexy Apple gizmo within their community and don’t mind paying extra bucks for being the first to flaunt.

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