Wow. Just found this on John Gruber’s Daring Fireball, and this blew me away. This, after reading so many people saying, that the IPAD is not a computer, it is not a powerful thing, no one will want it, etc etc etc. Apple has once again proven it. Amen.

Apple Sells Over 300,000 iPads First Day

CUPERTINO, California—April 5, 2010—Apple® today announced that it sold over 300,000 iPads in the US as of midnight Saturday, April 3. These sales included deliveries of pre-ordered iPads to customers, deliveries to channel partners and sales at Apple Retail Stores. Apple also announced that iPad users downloaded over one million apps from Apple’s App Store and over 250,000 ebooks from its iBookstore during the first day.

Source: apple press site, through daringfireball

Image source: apple store