Apple iPad sells 300,000 on first day
Apple has announced it sold over 300,000 iPads in the US on its first day on sale, beating the original iPhone's record of 270,000 sold in the first 30 hours.
This figure is made up of those pre-ordered and delivered to customers, as well as those picked up in store. It was also only the Wi-Fi version – the 3G option is set to ship later this month.
Even more impressive is that during the first day, iPad users downloaded over one million apps and over 250,000 ebooks from the iBookstore too.
This works out to more than three apps and almost one book per iPad owner.
Speaking about the launch, Steve Jobs said: "It feels great to have the iPad launched into the world – it’s going to be a game changer."
However, it didn't take long for the hackers to get their hands on it either, with news of a jailbreak solution reported within a day of release.
Have you changed your mind about the iPad? Let us know below, and be sure to check out our unboxed pictures and first impressions with the iPad.
Comments
Hugh Jarse
3 years ago
iPad looks amazing - and assuming all the reports coming in from the US are true it is even better to use that might have expected.
Andyjerylei
1 year ago
Apple's self-sealing, so innovation must come from within. The Android is open source, enabling third party to modify, in large part to allow hardware manufacturers to change according to their own version, which can better adapt to the hardware, with the formation of a good combination.
Compared to Apple's closed, open-source can provide better security, but also provides developers a larger room for innovation, so that the Android version upgrade faster.
Everything has a double nature, Android open-source policy or have the advantage. For example: support for Android mobile phone brand and model number, high and low priced products are covered, which can meet the different needs of the audience; than Apple, Android is free of most applications, but Android is very easy to install and so on.
Android can beat the iPad tablet? I think perhaps with "more than" the word would be more suitable, because the emergence of Android Tablet PC just lets some users have a new option, and firm Apple fans will still support Apple's own iPad, Both user groups are not for exactly the same, but it looks Android Tablet PC should be able to gain more consumers. http://www.pdf-to-epub-converter.com/