The leading investment bank Goldman Sachs (recently tagged as a “great vampire squid wrapped around the face of humanity” by Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone) loves the iPad. As The Financial Times reports, Goldman categorizes the love rationale into Five Cs (oh, how confidently ingenious!) and expects the stock price to soar (I’d bet they are shorting Apple while they pumping the audience with bull horomes). OK, here are the 5 Cs, sit tight – buckle yourself, this will blow you away:
- Consumption – iPad focused squarely on information consumption versus information production
- Content – iPad relies on tight integration with content sources
- Connected – Multiple options ensure the iPad is connected to the internet
- Constant operation – iPad is an “instant on” device with all-day battery life
- Commerce – Apple’s ecosystem ensures that users are always “ready to buy”
