Jeff Campbell
04-05-2010, 06:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-says-just-300000-ipads-sold-on-day-one-2010-4?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider+(Silicon+Alley+Insider)' target='_blank'>http://www.businessinsider.com/appl...+Alley+Insider)</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Apple announced today that it sold 300,000 iPads on the first day."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/at/auto/1270479243.usr105634.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>That is about <a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/typepad/alleyinsider/silicon_alley_insider/~3/B38Vc9DUcoA/henry-blodget-600000-700000-ipads-sold-on-first-day-says-munster-who-called-stores-2010-4" target="_blank">1/2 of what the total</a> would be according to Gene Munster from Piper Jaffray. The <a href="http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apple-sells-over-300000-ipads-first-day-89904642.html" target="_blank">press release</a> details the sales on opening day this past Saturday, and it included news that customers had downloaded over 250,000 books via iBooks as well as about 1 million iPad Apps.Â*</p>