“With Apple’s iPad 2 event reportedly set for March, analysts are scurrying to predict how many tablets the company can sell,” Larry Dignan writes for ZDNet. “Barclays Capital analyst Ben Reitzes takes the first crack at guesstimates… ‘We expect iPad sales will increase significantly in 2011, benefiting from a major upgrade that features a thinner and lighter design, along with cameras and FaceTime calling. Our iPad unit estimate for calendar first quarter is 5.1 million, which takes into account seasonality after the holiday buying season and a potential lull before iPad 2 ships in April. Long term, we estimate 28.8 million iPad units for fiscal year 2011 (33.7 million for calendar year 2011) and 40 million for FY12 (42.1 million for CY12) which are likely quite conservative.'”
Dignan reports, “Others are likely to follow. But one thing is clear: Apple’s iPad 2 is expected to really scale the company’s sales.”
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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Judge Bork” for the heads up.]