Kinect fever

While Kinect was certified by the Guinness Book of World Records as the fastest-selling consumer-electronics device to date, Phil Izzo of the WSJ points out that this is actually not entirely true:

But a closer look makes it clear that the comparison isn’t exactly apples to apples. The Kinect launched right before the beginning of the holiday season, while the iPad launched in the spring. Electronic sales are always much stronger in November and December than April and May. Bragging that you had stronger sales with a holiday launch date is sort of like someone with an August birthday in a room full of people born in December bragging that he had the warmest weather for his party. [...]

Nevertheless, both Apple iPad and Microsoft Kinect are amazing gadgets, with iPad 2 taking another shot at becoming the world’s most craved for piece of technology.