Apple iPad sells 300,000 units on the very first day
Monday, April 5, 2010 21:10
Apple says it sold more than 300,000 of its latest product, the iPad tablet computer on the day of publication in the U.S..
The numbers for Saturday, including pre-orders of the product and sales at Apple Stores across the country.
The iPAD is not available in other countries, but will be on sale in parts of Europe, Canada and Australia by the end of April.
It is in retail in the U.S. at $ 499 to $ 829 (£ 328 to £ 545). European prices have not yet been announced.
Apple said that iPAD users had more than one million applications downloaded from its App Store and more than 250,000 electronic books.
The first generation model has WiFi but without 3G connectivity.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a statement that was the touch-screen device “would be a game-changer” to be.
Queues for the new IPAD launch day were significantly less than the amount collected for the iPhone debut in July 2007, according to the reports.
On the iPhone start at the weekend in the U.S., it was that had been sold up to 525,000 mobile phones reported.
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