Posts Tagged ‘iPad’

Two million Apple iPads in less than 60 days

Tuesday, June 1st, 2010

Apple sold 2 million iPads in less than 60 days since the tablet’s launch on April 3, the company said. It took 2 years for the iPod to reach the 2-millionth mark, and about 4 months to sell its 2 millionth iPhone. In fact, it took the hugely successful iPhone 74 days just to reach the 1-millionth mark.

The Apple juggernaut is rolling on, leaving fellow tech companies in the dust. The shares are rising even as Microsoft, Google, HP, IBM, eBay, Amazon, Yahoo are diminishing in market value.

Apple sells 2 million iPads in less than 60 days

Apple sells 2 million iPads in less than 60 days

The company is hitting the headlines every few days. Apple first launched the iPad in the US on 3 Apr, achieved its first million sales of the iPad on 3 May after merely 28 days, released the iPad to 9 countries worldwide on 28 May, has now announced its two millionth iPad milestone on 31 May, will be speaking at the  All Things Digital D8 Conference in Los Angeles on 1 Jun, and will probably unveil the new iPhone during the WWDC on 7 Jun. The momentum of the steam engine that is Apple does not seem likely to ebb in the near future.

5000 new Apps have already been released for the iPad, while most of the more than 200,000 Apps already on the App Store can be run on the iPad, including those already purchased for the iPhone and iPod Touch.

iPad costs a quarter more in the UK than in the US

Monday, May 31st, 2010

The ipad costs more outside of the US, Reuters said, citing  an Australian CommSec study.

Prices of the iPads were the cheapest in the US, while prices in Europe, especially the UK, were the highest – almost a quarter of the price higher.

Chart of Apple iPad prices across the world

Apple iPad prices varies worldwide

The prices of the entry level 16 GB WiFi only iPad and the top end 64 GB WiFi + 3G version were both collated and converted to the equivalent US Dollars.

The tablet device is targeted at the niche between a laptop and a smartphone, with a form factor suited for surfing the web, watching movies and reading electronic books. It can also run apps designed for the iPhone as well as apps specially customised for it.

The detailed data is tabulated below.

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Worldwide launch of iPad maintains Apple’s momentum

Saturday, May 29th, 2010
Apple iPad goes on sale in 9 foreign countries on Friday 28 May 2010

Apple iPad went on sale in 9 foreign countries on Friday 28 May 2010

Apple shares continued its advance even though shares other companies including Microsoft, Google, HP, IBM, Yahoo, eBay, Adobe, Amazon fell. Apple now leads Microsoft by US$7 billion in terms of market capitalisation.

Maintaining the momentum through the anticipated release of the new iPhone at the WWDC on 7 June and further foreign release of the iPad in July, I won’t be surprised if Apple overtakes Exxon Mobil by then to become the most valuable company in the US.

The worldwide launch of the iPad saw the gadget released in 9 countries – UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Japan, Australia and Canada – two months after its initial launch in the US.

The much awaited release saw the expected queues build up at  Apple stores in these countries more than a day before the 28 May Friday launch date.

The iPad will be released to a further 9 countries – Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Mexico, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore – in July, and additional countries later this year.

Expect the same pent-up demand to build to the same frenzy when glazy-eyed fans vie to be the first in their respective countries to buy the iPad from a local store.