Apple Inc. reported that sales on Friday of the 3g IPAD reached one million units, the same day the company launched its long-awaited 3G ipad tablet version of the device, as sales continue to grow.
“A million 3g ipad tablets iPads in 28 days, that’s less than half of the 74 days it took the iPhone to achieve this milestone,” said Chief Executive Steve Jobs, who stressed that “demand continues to outstrip supply.”
The computer maker, of the iPod and iPhone,also noted that the IPAD users have downloaded more than 12 million applications and over 1.5 million books in electronic format.
The company started selling a 3G version of the device and consumers had already taken most of which were available at the company stores on Sunday. Apple stores in San Francisco, New York, Boston and Houston told The Wall Street Journal that they had no models of the 3G IPAD Sunday.
Gene Munster, an analyst with Piper Jaffray & Co., estimated that Apple sold 300,000 3G IPAD during the weekend, including pre-orders and online sales.Apple said last month it would delay the international launch of IPAD because it has not kept pace with local demand which was greater than expected. The company planned to start selling the IPAD in other countries in late April, but moved the date to late May.