While I think Cook is probably right that the iPad will continue to dominate tablets, and even that it continues to make the best ones, his overenthusiastic criticism of seven-inch tablets struck me as surprisingly defensive.

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"That volatility will continue, probably, off and on for weeks, so we will see evidence of it world-wide, " he said.

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