Apple has officially announced that they had sold over 300,000 iPads on the first day. The sales include both the pre-orders as well as direct sales at Apple Retail Stores and shipments to channel partners. The iPad App Store and iBookstore are very popular as well. Over one million apps from the App Store and 250,000 ebooks from the iBookstore were downloaded.
Apple’s CEP, Steve Jobs, says that “it feels great to have the iPad launched into the world.” He thinks it’s going to be a “game changer”. The average user downloaded three apps and one book in the first hour after unpacking the iPad. These official numbers presented by Apple don’t actually correspond with the analyst predictions claiming Apple sold 700,000 units on day one.
