Apple iPad sales reach 300,000 on first day
By Stephen Foley in New York
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
More than two months after it was unveiled açıklamak, at the end of weeks of media build-up artırmak and a frenzied çılgın weekend of hype yutturmaca, the official resmi number is in: Apple sold 300,000 of its new iPad on the first day on sale in the US.
It was a figure that many in the business community cemiyet found underwhelming etkileyememek., given the pictures over the weekend of excitable heyecanlı buyers lining up sıraya girmek outside Apple stores all over the country, many in fancy fantezi dress, some having travelled from the Middle East and Europe specially to be among arasında the first to get their hands on the new device aygıt.
The iPad, a kind of super-size iPod Touch, was hailed çağırmak by Apple chief baş executive idareci Steve Jobs at its launch çıkmak in January as a whole new category of electronic device, somewhere between a smartphone and a laptop computer. It has been designed as a new way to read books and magazines, to play games and to watch video, and early reviews eleştiri of the device were positive.
Some Wall Street analysts appeared to have been lured cezbetmek into exaggerated abartılı forecasts tahmin for early sales by the excitement of those Apple fans who had camped out to get into stores first thing.
Shelly Palmer, technology and media consultant danışman and founder of Advanced Media Ventures, said the iPad is no replacement yerine koyma for a laptop, which could limit its growth. "It was specifically designed to make watching video, surfing the web and playing games a fantastic personal experience. And if that's what you're into, it will not disappoint hayal kırıklığına uğratmak. Should you run out and buy one? Only if you want a great,gorgeous muhteşem, new,shiny parlak, conversation starter."
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