Is the iPad Eating Netbook Sales So Soon?

Read Write Web reports that Morgan Stanley has released a chart showing the slowing of Netbook sales, and they attribute it to the announcement and release of the iPad. There’s really not much to say about this, except that it was bound to happen. The iPad is a revolutionary device, and Netbooks are underpowered and cheap.

I had the opportunity to play around with an iPad last week, and it is a really great device. Movies work great, books look good, lots of interesting apps. Of course it will eat into Netbook sales. It is too early to tell if the data from Morgan Stanley shows a correlation or not, but if so, this is quite a sudden turn-around.

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