Apple iPads still selling fast
Apple sold 3 million units iPads in the gadget’s first 80 days on the market, and few people thought sales could maintain their torrid pace. But they were wrong.
Sales have picked up, making the tablet computer and multimedia taskmaster the fastest-selling consumer electronics product in history.
The iPad, Apple’s tablet computer and multimedia device, is selling at a rate of 4.5 million units per quarter, according to a story on The Wall Street Journal's Digital Daily blog. That blows away the previous best-selling electronic device, the DVD player, which sold 350,000 units in its first year.
If sales hold steady, the iPad may become the fourth-largest consumer electronics category by the end of 2011. Televisions, smart phones and laptops, which have many manufacturers, lead the pack. The iPad is a category to itself.
And no, I haven't bought one yet; I’m still waiting for the next version.
I'm guessing expanding the iPad category will only lead to even more sales. Look out laptops, the iPad is on your tail.
See the Digital Daily story:
Who's your daddy? iPad rewriting adoption records:
http://bit.ly/ddipadsales
