Apple Inc. said it sold more than 300,000 iPads in the U.S. on the first day the device went on sale Saturday, tempering Wall Street's highflying expectations for the much-hyped multimedia tablet computer.
While Apple didn't provide any iPad forecasts, expectations had been building steadily for blowout sales since Chief Executive Steve Jobs unveiled the product in late January. Last month, people familiar with the matter said Apple was seeing strong preorders of the iPad that even exceeded initial sales of the company's previous big hit, the iPhone.
Analysts on average had expected first-day iPad sales of 400,000 to 500,000 units. Some analysts, such as Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, had even higher sales projections of 600,000 to 700,000 units. Estimates for global iPad sales this year ranged from 2.5 million by financial-services firm Kaufman Bros. to as high as 7.1 million by research firm iSuppli Corp.
La compañía liderada por Steve Jobs anunció la cifra luego del furor que se produjo en los puntos de venta; en menos de 24 horas ya la hackearon y un grupo examinó sus componentes internos.
Fuente: lanacion.com - http://online.wsj.com - photo by European Pressphoto Agency
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