300,000 iPads sold on first day
There were hypes – from the excited to the skeptics. They all translated to a great first-day sale of the iPad. On the first day it was launched to the public, Apple sold 300,000 units of iPad as of midnight on Saturday, April 3.
So much for the talks and all those hypotheses about this tablet computer. The iPad is now in the real world, having its real test. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said, “It feels great to have the iPad launched into the world – it’s going to be a game changer.”
The Apple iPhone sold 270,000 units on its first day, so it was outsold by the iPad, so to speak. It took the iPhone 74 days to reach its millionth sale, now eyes will be watching to see when will the iPad hits the same mark.
Just like the iPhone Apps, the iPad Apps are also ready for downloading, where together with e-books, will have a big part in the iPad’s success. Apple said iPad users downloaded more than a million apps from the App Store and more than 250,000 e-books from the iBookstore on the first day.
However, great as the hype on the iPad maybe, it doesn’t go without negative feedback. The most common of which is the iPad Wi-Fi connectivity issue.
The company issued a support bulletin Monday acknowledging the said problem, which is common to dual-band Wi-Fi routers — those that are compatible with both 2.4-GHz and 5-GHz spectrum bands.
“Under certain conditions, iPad may not automatically rejoin a known Wi-Fi network after restart or waking from sleep. This can occur with some third-party Wi-Fi routers that are dual-band capable when: Using the same network name for each network, [or] Using different security settings for each network,” Apple wrote.
With a great first-day sale, I’m sure this problem will be worked by Apple… I mean, they should work it. You don’t want those more 300,000 customers claiming refund, do you?
Office Hardware April 06, 2010 3:20 PM
Apple Sells 300,000 IPads in First Day
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By Dan Moren, Macworld.com
So much of the iPad’s fate has been hypothetical up until now: will it succeed? Is Apple’s plan too ambitious? How will consumers react? On Monday, Apple gave us the first hard numbers for its tablet device: 300,000 sold as of midnight on Saturday, April 3.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs added: “It feels great to have the iPad launched into the world–it’s going to be a game changer.”
By comparison, Apple sold 270,000 original iPhones in the first 30 hours or so of its availability. That’s right, the iPad outsold the iPhone on day one–and that’s for a “third” device in an unproven category. You could argue that the ability to pre-order increased the window for people to buy, but I think that washes out with the fact that almost everybody who pre-ordered had never so much as touched the device.
Comparisons to later iPhone models aren’t too shabby either. Apple sold one million of both the iPhone 3G and the iPhone 3GS in each of their first weekends–that’s an average of about 333,333 per day. It took the original iPhone 74 days to reach its millionth sale, so all eyes will be on Apple to see when the iPad hits that milestone.
And make no mistake: both apps and e-books are going to be a big part of the iPad’s success. In addition to the iPad sales number, Apple said that iPad users downloaded more than a million apps from the App Store and more than 250,000 e-books from the iBookstore in the first day alone. Said Jobs: “iPad users, on average, downloaded more than three apps and close to one book within hours of unpacking their new iPad.”
April 6, 2010
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