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Tuesday, June 1, 2010

2 million iPads sold in just 60 days…

Last week Apple surpassed Microsoft as the technology company with the highest monetary valuation. Apple keeps putting out hot consumer products, iPods, iPhones, and now the iPad.

Apple just released their sales numbers for the first 2 months of iPad sales: 2 million. Wow. This looks like yet another huge hit for Apple. When was the last time Microsoft had a hit product? I can’t recall?

Over at Amazon the crunching of these iPad numbers must be putting a bit of a crimp in any sales projections for their Amazon Kindle eBook reader. The iPad and the Kindle are competing platforms for electonic book readership. Imagine the collective gasps over in the Seattle region where both Amazon and Microsoft have their headquarters. 2 million iPads…gasp!

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Vick Mickunas

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