“After an initial flood of pent-up demand and some ups and downs over the first weekend, pre-orders for the iPad tablet computer are now averaging 10,000 per day, according to Daniel Tello, a Venezuelan blogger-analyst who writes about Apple using the pseudonym Deagol,” Philip Elmer-DeWitt reports for Fortune. “‘I think sometime during Friday, perhaps before noon, the counter should roll to 200,000 units pre-ordered,’ he told Fortune.
“Tello’s tally does not include iPads reserved for pick-up at Apple retail stores on April 3, the day the device goes on sale,” Elmer-DeWitt reports. “But according to the Boy Genius Report — citing its ‘Apple connects’ — Apple’s 222 U.S. stores took an average of 700 reservations that first weekend, which would suggest that reservations and online orders are coming at roughly the same rate.”
Elmer-DeWitt reports, “If true, the total number of iPads reserved or pre-ordered in the first week may be close to 400,000.”
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MacDailyNews Take: The information vacuum will continue to be filled until Apple turns it off.
Those kind of reports are so stupid, first we have no idea, it’s all guesstimated. Just think if it was a windows pre-order sale, and you can see how stupid those are. Please stop this articles until we have some official post from apple.
first, btw.
Well, I know there was at least one iPad reserved for pick up – mine!
@ Grimmac
Seems there is nothing better to write about. I second the motion. It’s just freaking stupid to guess… Let’s juts say there sold “a shit ton”. At least it would be accurate
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-Pi
By the end of the first weekend let’s just say I think Apple will sell well over 1 Million Units
Technically speaking, you don’t ‘fill’ a vacuum since it’s a complete absence of anything. It can be enlarged though.
However, some scientists now believe that it’s impossible to actually have a total vacuum since it may not be possible to remove every particle (especially those that are unconfirmed by science – dark matter being a particular example) from any given space.
Just thought I’d mention it……..
Mine was the 399,999th one ordered. Really!
@demon
and that will most likely be the first we hear from Apple, untill then we will hear from guessestimators.
At least this guy seems to have tried to be accurate
Yes this is speculation – but based on some real data
1- the order numbers
2- citing its ‘Apple connects’ (contacts I think) for the estimates of in-store reservations.
These may be questionable, but they do give some idea, which some people, especially investors, are interested in seeing.
These figures also do not include Business orders, which could also be huge.