Apple: More than 300,000 iPads First Day

Unsurprisingly, the estimate of 750,000 iPads sold out of Piper Jaffray yesterday was a bit off the mark. It turns out the Apple iPad has sold more than 300,000 units in its first day of release as well at retailers and online. Apple also announced that iPad customers downloaded over one million apps from the App Store and over 250,000 ebooks from its iBookstore during the first day. According to Apple CEO Steve Jobs, "iPad users, on average, downloaded more than three apps and close to one book within hours of unpacking their new iPad."

While the number is less than half of the original estimate from Piper Jaffray, it's difficult to guess what to expect from a device that Apple Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs calls a new mobile-device category. Many consumers have been left in the dark as to the Apple iPad's purpose and abilities. Whether or not it will change the way people look at mobile technology remains to be seen. Until then, the iPad has sold an ample amount of units to gadget and Apple fiends who tell us they love it.

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