<story><title>The Next Six Months</title><url>http://daringfireball.net/2011/02/the_next_six_months</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pkulak</author><text>&quot;Apple was willing to announce it months in advance because they had no competition...&quot;&lt;p&gt;What? They announce the first version of a product early because, being the first, it can&apos;t stop people from buying the previous version. If they announced the new iPad now, iPad 1 sales would tank.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>jbrennan</author><text>An existing product of their own would constitute competition. So it&apos;s not inaccurate what he&apos;s said. But I agree, it could have been explained more clearly.</text></comment>
<story><title>The Next Six Months</title><url>http://daringfireball.net/2011/02/the_next_six_months</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>pkulak</author><text>&quot;Apple was willing to announce it months in advance because they had no competition...&quot;&lt;p&gt;What? They announce the first version of a product early because, being the first, it can&apos;t stop people from buying the previous version. If they announced the new iPad now, iPad 1 sales would tank.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>endlessvoid94</author><text>It also gave developers a ton of time to adapt their apps to the new form factor.  And obviously provided time for new apps.  That&apos;s huge.</text></comment>