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Everyone on the internet and media are giving their thoughts on the new device from Apple, so I would be amiss if I didn’t give my opinion as well.

Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave or under a rock for the last few years, then you have probably heard all of the speculation and rumors as to what the Apple tablet was supposed to be. What the folks at Cupertino and specifically Steve Jobs unveiled on Wednesday was, realistically…an oversized iPhone, minus the phone.

I’m a Microsoft fan, but I’m also a technology fan and admittedly, I was anxiously awaiting the reveal of “the most important thing” that Steve Jobs had ever done, because let’s face it; he’s done some pretty important things. And to that point, I really believed that we’d see something that was going to rock the foundation of the technology world. Instead, we got something called the iPad (No, really, I’m serious). Even as a fan of Microsoft products, I was greatly disappointed by the iPad, so I can’t imagine what actual Apple fans are doing with this most embarrassing product revelation. Probably similar to what most of us were doing when Vista was being slammed by critics – making excuses and pointing out its positives. Had Apple just introduced the product for what it was…an oversized iPhone, then we’d probably be saying how it’s a decent product with a niche market. The problem is that the rumors and hype from Apple during the event and outsiders leading up to the event was so exaggerated that we now have the fallout, similar to Windows Vista.

Let’s face it; no one was blown away by the iPad. No new feature was shown that would make this the new “must have” device. It’s simply a nice-looking piece of equipment that is overly priced and similar to the technology we’ve seen in iPods and iPhones for years now.

With the title of their event, “Come See Our Latest Creation”, I originally thought that Apple had produced something that might dwarf Windows 7 tablets and Windows 7 netbooks, but I believe that the folks at Redmond are currently breathing a sigh of relief. Their market share should be fine and their technology in the “third device” department is still going to be adopted as it has been.

In conclusion, the iPad is a cool device and might have been largely accepted as cutting edge and “the most important thing ever” had it been released two or three years ago, but it was released in the wake of Windows 7’s great success and the largely lauded Android devices, so for now, it’s kind of …eh.

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Thanks to a boost from Windows 7, Microsoft are saying that there quarterly revenue reached an impressive $19 Billion dollars as the company sold a record amount of its latest operating system. Microsoft the industry leader, said it earned $6.66 billion, or 74 cents per share, on revenue of $19.02 billion for the three-month period that ended December 31.

“Exceptional demand for Windows 7 led to the positive top-line growth for the company, “Our continuing commitment to managing costs allowed us to drive earnings performance ahead of the revenue growth.”

Said chief financial officer Peter Klein on Thursday. He touted that the release of Windows 7 on October 22nd really helped spur on sales for Microsoft and I’m not surprised it did.

We are thrilled by the consumer reception to Windows 7 and by business enthusiasm to adopt Windows 7,”

The company said that since the release of Windows 7 on the 22nd October until the 31 December, they company had sold more than 60 million Windows licenses which makes Windows 7 the fastest selling operating system in history!

The boys from Redmond also said that overall PC Sales were up 15-17 percent, however this was mainly driven by consumer sales as very little was happening in the business front. Microsoft also reported weak sales on the server front as well, however despite the weak sales they still managed to grow 2 percent compared to a year ago, which is impressive when you consider the economic downturn. It just goes to show that demand for cloud computing is continuing to grow.

The Microsoft business division reported a decline in sales of 3%, this may by be because people are holding off on buying Microsoft Office as they wait for Office 2010 to be released. But they did note that Bing is continuing to gain market share. However sales of their Xbox have declined, they only shipped 5.2 million units, down 13 % from a year ago.

Microsoft haven’t given a full forecast for the forthcoming quarter but they are saying they expect operating expenses s for the full fiscal year ending June 30 to total $26.2 billion to $26.5 billion.

Here’s a chart of how each of Microsoft’s individual business units performed:

Source:

Cnet

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