A red hot weekend for Apple Stores, iPad is another big win for Apple. According to market analysts, Apple sold 700,000 to 800,000 of the new tablet this weekend. According to a preliminary forecast released by iSuppli, this year Apple is expected to sell 7.1 million iPads worldwide, double to 14.4 million units next year and triple to 20.1 million in 2012.
According to Munster, "We estimate Apple sold between 600-700k iPads (including online pre-orders which started on March 12th). It took Apple three days to sell a million iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G's, and 74 days to sell 1m original iPhones. Keep in mind, the majority of sales come on the first day of availability."
Apple has updated its website to indicate that further orders will be shipped after April 12. Furthermore, some analysts say Apple sold hundreds of thousands of iPads since taking preorders back in March.
