From March 12, 2010, Apple started to take pre-orders for its much talked about iPad. Apple sold 1,20,000 units on the first day which dropped considerably in the second and third day. The AAPL Sanity Board at Investor Village came up with this number. They also reported that Apple sold 51,000 units in the first two hours. Apple Insider reports:
Most among the preorders tracked at Investor Village opted for the Wi-Fi-only model, coming on top by a two-to-one margin. The Wi-Fi iPad will be available April 3, while the 3G-enabled versions, which carry a $130 premium, will arrive later that month. Preorders saw a relatively even split among capacities, with the largest model, 64GB, accounting for 35 percent of orders.
According to Philip Elmer-DeWitt, by Saturday and Sunday, the orders came down to 1000 units per hour. Another famous blogger, Daniel Tello, who goes by the name, Deagol, tracked Apple’s numbers and predicted that Apple would be able to sell about 30,000 iPad preorders on weekdays and half of that on weekends. He predicted that Apple would receive about half-million pre-orders. He said that Apple would sell 1 million units by the second week after the shipment of device starts.
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A lot of people interest this gadget because of the touchscreen ability and many features, such as wireless connectivity, easiness sync across to multiple devices, operates like a computer and other features. But the iPad's large size maybe is the bad factor for this afoordable supergadget.
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