As you probably know Apple has developed a special version of iWork for the iPad. The applications Keynote, Numbers and Pages are available in the App Store [link] for $9,99 each. It seems these applications are so popular that estimations show Apple could potentially earn $40 million each year.
According to Business Insider, Apple has earned $3 million with the iWork applications for the iPad. This means Apple could easily become the most successful iPad-developer. It also could mean that iPad users are searching for serious productivity software for the iPad. It certainly becomes very interesting for Microsoft and Google to also develop something big for the iPad.
Now, how did Business Insider come to these conclusions? Their estimations are based on the fact that the most successful iPad-apps are sold 7.500 times on Saturday and Sunday and 2.500 times on business days. All iWork applications have been in the Top 10 list from the start. This mean Apple sells 27.500 copies of Pages, Numbers and Keynote every week or $825,000 per week. These numbers do suggest they will stay the same these following months and only the future will tell.
