June 8, 2010

Gadget-spotting: Kindle: 2, iPad: 0 (and Out of Stock)

This year, I have seen a total of 3 Kindles, all on the GO train and more importantly, during non-rush hour when there are fewer people on the train; and a total of 0 iPads.

My boss has seen 1 iPad during the first week they were available in the U.S and none since then.

This morning, I popped into the Eaton Centre iStore with a shopping list, printed from the online iStore: it included a 64GB-Wifi+3G iPad (with a Rogers microSIM card costing $.20), a Camera Connection Kit, and AppleCare (CAD$1,203.20).

The closest match for my shopping list the sales-guy had, is a 64GB WiFi with AppleCare. He couldn't tell me when new stock would arrive or whether I was better off buying online (the better choice in my opinion as both the online orders and the iStore shipments are fulfilled at the suicide factory in Shanghai).

I told him I would order online because I didn't want to come back to the store.

From my brief observations during the 3 minutes I was there, the iStore was packed, every station was occupied except for the kids section. Tthere were two sales-droids free, and I didn't notice sales of any kind.

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