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Apple sells 3 millionth iPad

On May 3rd Apple announced the sale of 1 million iPads and by the end of the month the company had announced 2 million units sold.

At the same time, the tablet launched in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.



Today, Apple has announced the sale of its 3 millionth iPad, just 80 days after its early April launch in the United States.

"People are loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives," adds CEO Steve Jobs. "We're working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more people around the world, including those in nine more countries next month."

Additionally, Jobs says there are now 11,000 native iPad apps now available in the App Store, which has over 225,000 apps in total.

Written by: Andre Yoskowitz @ 22 Jun 2010 11:36

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• stuntman_

  3 million idiots paying too much money for an oversized iPod. Apple is like a celebrity not a computer company. Apple has fans those fans by all the crap apple makes and the cycle continues. Apple may as well be the Jonas Brothers
  

  
  
  
  

  22.6.2010 11:46 #1

• 21Q

  I have no clue what people see in this product. I mean really. It's not even very portable because of its size.
  

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  22.6.2010 12:29 #2

• gnovak1

  "People are loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives,"
  
  Then these people need to get a better standard of living.
  
  I think people buy this beacuse it just looks cool. Then when they find out what it can't do, they regret it.

  22.6.2010 12:35 #3

• DXR88

  Originally posted by gnovak1: "People are loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives,"
  
  Then these people need to get a better standard of living.
  
  I think people buy this beacuse it just looks cool. Then when they find out what it can't do, they regret it.
  yes sorta like every specialized device now a days, save for the cell phone which does every thing but make toast.
  
  is 3 million the amount of fools, or is 3 million the amount purchased from warehouse for stock, i wonder. if its the latter we live in dark time indeed.
  

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  23.6.2010 13:57 #4

• xnonsuchx

  Apple uses actual SELLING #'s...not DISTRIBUTED #'s.

  23.6.2010 18:32 #5

• DVDBack23

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  23.6.2010 22:09 #6

• Gnawnivek

  It's just another toy really... I don't see what's magical about it, it's too big to carry that around. I think most people just want to "flash" that thing around in public. Seriously, the other day i saw an African American lady (not sexy looking, quite ugly on the contrary) carrying the iPad with headphone. She was pretending to read something on it, but after a minute or two, she just sort of hug it and listen to music. The funny thing was that she had to juggle the headphone wires around the "giant" iPod (not a typo) to get the cord in the proper position.
  

  Peace!

  24.6.2010 09:35 #7