Apple once again was able to beat financial analyst expectaions due to strong laptop sales but more directly to iPhone sales. The 3gs demand was much higher than expected. I had to setup our dev environment on that sweet new MacBook pro today and it's response and beauty was unquestionably Perfect. It's elegance was it's desin and the fact that it just worked much like the iPod and the iPhone. This wonderful prize still well outside of normal finances for me. On other news the Barnes and Nobles ebook reader also was unveiled today and it's android carrying eink beauty seems like a steal, but then again a 10 " netbook is about $270 these days and has 1000 times the functionality. But having something that can help you read without the damage of an LCD to your eyes, it might be worth it afterall. There is a neatness that is inherent to all tablet desinged devices including the amazon kindle. I got a feeling that the Apple tablet will woo us with it's design. I gu
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