Apple iPad feels squeeze from Fire, Air

Apple’s iPad sales in the December quarter look to be lower than expected amid the popularity of Amazon’s Kindle Fire as well as its own MacBook Air. Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu said in a research note that the iPad is seeing competition from two areas—the Kindle Fire and the MacBook Air. As a result, Wu cut his December quarter iPad sales estimate to 13.5 million from 15 million. Obviously, Apple isn’t going to sweat losing iPad sales to the MacBook Air, but the development is worth noting. Wu also appears to be the latest analyst to indicate that