| APPLE'S MOST talked about technology Apple iPad | | | | surveyed, including the iconic 5th Avenue store in |
| went on sale after months of anticipation. The iPad | | | | New York City, where 730 people were in line at 9 |
| 3G released on April 3, 2010, sold about 700000 units | | | | a.m. Apple's iPad pre-order starts on March 12 and it |
| in just a single day. It is expected that Apple to sell 7 | | | | limited the number of purchases to two per person, |
| million iPads during the remaining nine months of this | | | | and also turned down volume orders for businesses. |
| year and about 14.4 million next calendar year. | | | | Expert's iSuppli predicts that Apple iPad will grow |
| According to the Piper Jaffray analyst issued a report | | | | popularity in 2011, when the benefit of this process |
| stated that he believed some 60-700 thousand iPads | | | | may play a change in price and functionality of the |
| sold on the first day of release. This number includes | | | | device. It is predicted that, the supply of iPad next |
| the pre-orders. The analyst also noted that there | | | | year could grow more than doubled to 14.4 million, |
| were longer than expected lines at five Apple stores | | | | and in 2012 it reached about the 20 million customers. |