World embraces iPad, Apple celebrates

Bangalore, Apr 6: Apple Inc celebrated the immediate success of its new tablet computer, iPad, as the sales figures sky rocketed on the very first day.

Apple on Monday, Apr 5 informed that 300,000 iPads were sold on the very first day of its commercial release. This included the pre-ordered pieces too.

"The launch of iPad feels great and it surely will be game-changer," Steve Jobs, CEO Apple said.

The company, however, learnt that the world was ready to embrace the new tablet company on Saturday, Apr 3 when a million users downloaded the program for the device.

"iPad users have downloaded more than three applications within an hour of unpacking their new iPad," Jobs also added.

The iPad is a device that falls between a smartphone and a laptop. Loaded with iPhone Operating System, the iPad has multi-display of 9.7 inch, and 16 to 64 GB of flash memory.

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