May 8, 2010 by Andre
After all the hype in the first quarter of the year over Apple’s iPad tablet computer the question as to whether or not it will be a success or a rare Apple flop would appear to have been answered as the company have announced that they have reached the 1 million sales milestone.
Apple CEO Steve Jobs pointed out that 1 million iPads in 28 days is 8 weeks less than it took the iPhone to reach this plateau as the popular smart phone took a still fairly impressive 74 days.
The success story is somewhat bittersweet for international customers itching to get their hands on an iPad as its popularity shows that it is evidently a worthwhile purchase but it also impedes the worldwide release as Apple look to satisfy the American market first as supply continues to be out done by demand;.
Sales through the iPads App store have also been booming as over 12 million apps have already been downloaded and the iBook store has sold a massive 1.5 million digital editions in the first 4 weeks.
Apple have also been boosted by the fact that the most popular apps downloaded so far are those made by the company themselves as Apple’s very own Office suite; Keynote, Numbers and Pages lead the way in app downloads for the iPad.
So it would seem for now we will have to continue to gaze across the pond at our American counterparts as they continue to tease the rest of the world by telling us just how popular the iPad is and just how much longer we will have to wait to get one.
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