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#300,000 ipads Sold on Opening Day ipad Will it blend?(Caution, very disturbing) Apple today said it sold more ipads on Saturday than it sold first-generation iphones in 2007 over a two-day period. The 300,000 number that Apple touted included deliveries of pre-ordered ipads, sales at Apples retail stores and shipments to its partners, the company said. The only other retail outlet selling ipads on Saturday was Best Buy in 2007, Apple reported selling 270,000 iphones during the new smartphones first two days of availability. Apple did not accept pre-orders for the iphone before its June 29, 2007 launch. Instead thousands lined up outside the companys retail stores, some waiting for days, to get their hands on the smartphone. oethe ipad did pretty much what I expected, said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research, as he compared the 300,000 ipads sold on Saturday to the iphone launch three years ago. Brian Marshall of Broadpoint Amtech estimated that Apple sold closer to half a million ipads over the weekend. Before Apples sales announcement, Marshall had issued a research note to clients that put total ipad sales at 525,000 for Saturday and Sunday. Today he defended that number. oei still feel comfortable with my estimate, he said, explaining that earlier he had figured Apple would sell two-thirds of the 525,000 on Saturday, one-third the next day. He had projected lower sales for Sunday because some Apple and Best Buy stores were closed yesterday for the Easter holiday. By that calculation, his estimate for Saturday alone 346,000 was about 15%above Apples stated sales number. Using Marshalls two-thirds Saturday, one-third Sunday formula, Apple would have sold approximately 450,000 ipads total. oein other words, the launch was great, said Marshall. During the run-up to Saturdays launch, investment blogger Daniel Tello used ipad order numbers submitted by volunteers at Investor Villages AAPL Sanity message board to estimate pre-sales. Tellos last estimate, made on March 26, was had that Apple taken 240,000 pre-orders, a number that did not account for in store reservations or bulk orders by businesses, schools and other organizations. According to Marshall, Apple sold more ipads at its retail stores and through Best Buy over the weekend than it did in the three weeks of pre-orders, which were delivered to most customers Saturday. However unlike during the launch of the first-generation iphone, Apple didnt exhaust its inventory of ipads. oebased on our spot checks, only a couple stores (San francisco, Boston) were out completely or had limited very supply of the 16/32gb models, while the 64gb model was still plentiful, Marshall said in his note. oein general, it appears supply has not been an issue over the weekend. Marshalls earnings model assumes Apple will sell about four million ipads this year, but as he had previously, today he said that number was conservative. oei think theyll sell closer to seven million, he said. oei see the implications of the ipad as much more grandiose than the first-generation iphone, Marshall concluded today in a telephone interview. oeits Apples stepping stone into the living room, and key to its plan to ultimately integrate the home office and the living room. Apples online store continues to show a ship date for the Wifi-only ipad of April 12, while the model that also includes 3g connectivity is to launch later this month. Apple today said it sold more ipads on Saturday than it sold first-generation iphones in 2007 over a two-day period including one to the deranged idiot in this video. The 300,000 number that Apple touted included deliveries of pre-ordered ipads, sales at Apples retail stores and shipments to its partners, the company said. The only other retail outlet selling ipads on Saturday was Best Buy. The ipad In 2007, Apple reported selling 270,000 iphones during the new smartphones first two days of availability. Apple did not accept pre-orders for the iphone before its June 29, 2007 launch. Instead, thousands lined up outside the companys retail stores, some waiting for days, to get their hands on the smartphone. oethe ipad did pretty much what I expected, said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research, as he compared the 300,000 ipads sold on Saturday to the iphone launch three years ago. Brian Marshall of Broadpoint Amtech estimated that Apple sold closer to half a million ipads over the weekend. Before Apples sales announcement, Marshall had issued a research note to clients that put total ipad sales at 525,000 for Saturday and Sunday. Today, he defended that number. oei still feel comfortable with my estimate, he said, explaining that earlier he had figured Apple would sell two-thirds of the 525, 000 on Saturday, one-third the next day. He had projected lower sales for Sunday because some Apple and Best Buy stores were closed yesterday for the Easter holiday. By that calculation, his estimate for Saturday alone 346,000 was about 15%above Apples stated sales number. Using Marshalls two-thirds Saturday, one-third Sunday formula, Apple would have sold approximately 450,000 ipads total. oein other words, the launch was said great Marshall. During the run-up to Saturdays launch, investment blogger Daniel Tello used ipad order numbers submitted by volunteers at Investor Villages AAPL Sanity message board to estimate pre-sales. Tellos last estimate made on March 26, was had that Apple taken 240,000 pre-orders, a number that did not account for in store reservations or bulk orders by businesses, schools and other organizations. According to Marshall, Apple sold more ipads at its retail stores and through Best Buy over the weekend than it did in the three weeks of pre-orders, which were delivered to most customers Saturday. However, unlike during the launch of the first-generation iphone, Apple didnt exhaust its inventory of ipads. oebased on our spot checks, only a couple stores (San francisco, Boston) were out completely or had limited very supply of the 16/32gb models, while the 64gb model was still plentiful, Marshall said in his note. oein general, it appears supply has not been an issue over the weekend. Marshalls earnings model assumes Apple will sell about four million ipads this year, but as he had previously, today he said that number was conservative. oei think theyll sell closer to seven million, he said. oei see the implications of the ipad as much more grandiose than the first-generation iphone, Marshall concluded today in a telephone interview. oeits Apples stepping stone into the living room, and key to its plan to ultimately integrate the home office and the living room. Apples online store continues to show a ship date for the Wifi-only ipad of April 12 while the model that also includes 3g connectivity is to launch later this month. Link Share Thissubscribedel. icio. usfacebookredditstumbleupontechnorati swfobject. embedswf (http://www. youtube. com/v/lal28d6tbko& rel=0& fs=1& showsearch=0& showinfo=0, vvq-51257-youtube-1, 425,355, 9, vvqexpressinstall, vvqflashvars, vvqparams, vvqattributes;

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