First-Day Sales of Apple's iPad Fall Short of Sky-High Hopes

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First-Day Sales of Apple's iPad Fall Short of Sky-High HopesFirst-Day Sales of Apple's iPad Fall Short of Sky-High HopesWhile Apple didn't provide any iPad forecasts,Blu-ray Ripper,Ray Banexpectations #xhad 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.

But though buyers flocked to Apple stores on Saturday in the firstRay Banhours after the device went on sale, the long lines petered out at many stores by midafternoon. On Monday, some Apple stores reported robust activity. An Apple store in San Francisco said it sold out of its first shipment of iPads on Monday morning, and a small line formed to buy the second shipment that had just arrived.

Some consumers such as Hans Van Der Weive, a property developer from the Netherlands, bought the iPad, which starts at $499, on impulse. "I just arrived here on holiday, I saw the shop and decided to buy one," said Mr. Van Der Weive, adding that he planned to use the device mainly for reading digital books.

People familiar with Apple's thinking said the Cupertino, Calif., company was pleased with the initial sales results. "It feels great to have the iPad launched into the world—#xit's going to be aRay Bangame-changer," Mr. Jobs in a prepared statement Monday.
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