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...expecting it to do $65 [million] to $70 million [its first weekend], but then it goes and does $116 million, which is something almost unseen outside a traditional Hollywood blockbuster. So now that's something that every studio has to consider: How can you find the right window to match that sort of performance? It's a change in paradigm. You not only have to look at your weekend, but you have to look at surrounding weekends, because you need control of the most 3-D screens." Alice in Wonderland, Bock notes, opened on a weekend with little new competition...
...Moreover, the iPad is merely the tangible component of a much larger device, an entire Internet ecosystem that extends out to the horizon in every direction. Other companies simply cannot match Apple's skill in constructing media pipelines for its products. The iPad is launching into the teeth of a storm of competition: there's a tablet shipping this month called (unfortunately) the JooJoo that is physically the iPad's rival, and Sony, Dell, Acer, Asus, Lenovo and (undaunted) Microsoft are all said to have next-gen tablets in the works, to say nothing of the inevitable swarm of Chinese...
...Store alone has piled up 150,000 offerings in the space of not quite two years, turning the iPhone into a mature mobile-gaming platform to rival Nintendo's DS. The iPad will hold that hill and erect cruelly unassailable fortifications on it. The most interesting steel-cage match this year will be Apple and the iPad vs. Amazon and the Kindle in the e-bookselling arena. I've seen what books look like on the iPad, and I've seen Apple's e-bookstore. The iPad is going to fold, mutilate and spindle the Kindle. (See the best netbooks...
...championship fight] for the gold medal, fought a very good competitor, one who had been fighting flawlessly and was definitely one of the best competitors there,” Berzin observed. “[Daniel] knew exactly what was happening, and was in full control of the match...
Again, Kuld and Jones stepped up, sparking a 14-6 run with a tip and a block for the senior and a kill from the sophomore. On match point, the Saints’ Thomas McCaffrey spiked the ball on what looked to be a sure winner, but freshman Rob Lothman was there for the block to take the final set, 30-23, giving the Crimson its second...