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1 million iPads sold in record time
by Zuzana Zelenakova

One month ago Apple Inc. launched its latest gadget iPad and it has had an enormous success so far. Apple has already sold one million of them in 28 days. During the first day the company sold 300,000 iPads including preorders. “One million iPads in 28 days—that’s less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone,” said Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a statement. “Demand continues to exceed supply and we’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers.” It should be added that next versions of iPhone such as the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS the similar sales during their first w! eekend. However, iPad represents a whole new category which has not been very known among the customers. Therefore its success is even more impressive. In addition, more than 12 million applications have been downloaded by iPad users and about 1.5 million e-books have been sampled at the iBook store. As the demand still outmatches the supply Apple decided to postpone the European launch of the product until the end of May. International preorders will begin May 10. Early sales of iPad, that is marketed by Apple as most flexible multi-functional consumption device, exceeded expectations of Wall Street analysts too. They predict Apple to sell about 5 million iPads this year. "In many respects, we are encouraged that the international roll-out will not begin until May, which will sustain strong sales in the September quarter and throughout 2010,“ stated BMO Capital markets analyst Keith Bachman. The iPad comes in three sizes: 16, 32 and 64 GB. It starts at $499 for 16GB,! 32GB for $599, and $699 64GB. There is added $130 per model f! or 3G ve rsions, so that the most expensive model, 64GB/3G, costs $829.

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by Zuzana Zelenakova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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