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Three Million iPads in 80 Days

It looks ridiculous, doesn't seem to have an obvious purpose outside of maybe storing lots of textbooks for college kids and still seems like an awfully expensive toy...but, gosh darn it, people like that iPad. Three million sold in not quite three months? The pace of sales seems to be quickening, not slowing. Microsoft, maybe you really did miss something with this whole tablet thing.

Posted by Lee Pender on June 23, 2010


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