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iPad sells 300,000 at day one

Posted Apr 6, 2010 at 11:57AM EST by Glenn M.

Listed in: iPhone Tags: apple, sales, Steve Jobs
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Last Sunday saw the launch of Apple's latest iThingy and with mixed receptions of vehement disgust and utter delight, it'd be interesting to see how those would translate into sales. Fortunately, the numbers are in and it's 300,000 for the iPad at day one.

 

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Additionally, Apple reports that users have downloaded a million apps and 250,000 eBooks to use with their shiny new tablet. The iPad's launch was accompanied by more than 700 games, including Morita Shogi HD from Square Enix, Resident Evil 4 from Capcom, eight from Gameloft, and a whole bunch of other HD titles from various publishers.

 

"It feels great to have the iPad launched into the world - it's going to be a game changer," said Steve Jobs, Apple CEO. "iPad users, on average, downloaded more than three apps and close to one book within hours of unpacking their new iPad."

 

For now, only the Wi-Fi model of the iPad is available, with the 3G model coming later this month.

 

 

 

 

 

[via 1Up]

 



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# RE: iPad sells 300,000 at day oneGlenn M. 2010-04-06 13:13
so... anyone in the house who got one?

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+1 # long story shortDorkus-1983 2010-04-06 13:25
buyer's remorse, unless you have $$$$$ which i shouldn't of spent on, i'm selling this thing on craigslist to get SOME of my money back hopefully lol

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# ...symbal 2010-04-06 13:33
I been reading all the threads about iPad and i don't think i found a single person admitting they got one, i'm sensing some serious shame and buyers remorse here.

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# I didnt...Shabbypenguin 2010-04-06 13:43
But if i did it would go on the shelf right next to my must buy items, along with E.T. for atari, superman 64, and a segway.... and of course everything possibly ever sold by billy mays

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# also...Shabbypenguin 2010-04-06 13:45
as a side note, if i wanted an iphone/ipod with a bigger screen id duct tape it to my monitor

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# ...symbal 2010-04-06 13:56
Come on please there must be someone out there with one, we've all been starving ourselves of insults so we can gorge on the iPad owners.

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# Come oonnn!!Zhipp 2010-04-06 14:07
Im waiting for someone to say "I'm using my iPad right now".

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# wowGuest 2010-04-06 15:04
man so many dumb people have money to waste on a big ipod touch, stupid...

stupid people with money give it to me!

lol

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# RE: iPad sells 300,000 at day oneGuest 2010-04-06 15:18
bah, the only useful thing apple ever made was the ipod

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-3 # ...papajag 2010-04-06 16:14
Quoting vilos:
bah, the only useful thing apple ever made was the ipod

...and their laptops. I'm planning to get one eventually. iPad is too small in my opinion.

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+3 # RE: ...andre_euro 2010-04-06 17:13
Quoting papajag:
...and their laptops. I'm planning to get one eventually. iPad is too small in my opinion.


lmao fail!!, their laptops are as rubbish and over priced as the ipad. That company is an insult to technology -.-

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-2 # MacBryCee12 2010-04-07 11:18
Mac is WAY better than PC for anything other than games, and when it gets Steam next month we may take that from Microsoft too :D

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+2 # noGuest 2010-04-09 23:42
steam is a platform to chat, have a friends list and buy games from... it doesn't magically make the games work on mac fool.

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-4 # iPad user!Guest 2010-04-06 15:23
I'm using my iPad right now

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+2 # RE: iPad sells 300,000 at day oneMangoScango 2010-04-06 15:29
ugh, this is why the economy is in the shitter, people dont know what their buying...

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+2 # whyGuest 2010-04-06 16:14
why do people buy this overpriced crap when when there are cheaper things that can out perform them for example i never got an ipod because my psp can do the same things and play some games definitely better than the crap apple gives out for apps

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+3 # ...symbal 2010-04-06 19:39
People buy from Apple because what they make is fashion accessories and i defy anyone to disagree with that, everything they do is made to look good on the outside but take away the label and the OS for idiots and you see where you threw your money, i mean i priced up the sim free 32gb 3gs and Nokia N97 on same site and it costs £800 compared to £400 for N97 when they both cost about the same to manufacture, i mean i'm not a charity and neither's Apple so why would i give them more money for less hardware.

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+2 # RE: ...MangoScango 2010-04-06 20:37
The same reason anyone buys anything from apple.

They assume if it costs more, it's better.

For example, you could use the money you use to buy a mac to buy an aleinware. Doesn't take a genius to realize which is better, but which sells more?

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+3 # RE: iPad sells 300,000 at day oneskidz 2010-04-06 20:45
I have an iphone 3G, but I would never buy another mac product. No its not because the phone is crap, I love it. But I know for a fact that everything else that comes from that company is crap. This ipad is a joke, and apple only made it because they know people will just blindly buy it.
If it was a tablet PC, maybe it would be ok, but it's just a large screened iphone.

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+2 # The Hp SlateMechaGuy 2010-04-07 02:16
is looking better than this waste of money.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeDalRBjyJo

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+2 # ...symbal 2010-04-07 19:09
Come out come out wherever you are... Statistics say at least some members here must have bought one so just log out and post using a pseudonim so you can at least give us your first impressions or a review of this thing.

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-1 # i own oneGuest 2010-04-08 18:09
i got one as a gift (550$ gift card) and instead of carrying around my 17in macbook pro (video editing on the go) i use my ipad for web browsing, multimedia, and some simple gaming. i love it. its very fun to use. i also tether to it through wifi from my android phone.

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# RE: iPad sells 300,000 at day oneGuest 2010-04-12 16:33
I think it is a waste of money, all you have to do is really jailbreak your itouch and get all the good games and apps jailbreaking has to offer, including a ebook reader and much much more

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