In the world sold more than 2 million iPad

During the first weekend after the official start of sales of consumers purchased 500 thousand new devices corporation Apple. For three days sales iPad two passes over the mark of one million copies. In Russia, the new version of the iPad officially appears only in the summer, but "gray" tablet has already appeared in the Russian Federation and Ukraine. March 11 "Tablet" iPad 2 arrived in stores at a price of U.S. $ 499-829 (depending on the "stuffing"). March 25 expands geography of sales - the device will be sold in 27 countries but not in Russia. Some online stores Runet already working with the iPad 2, imported, bypassing official channels, offering the novelty of 70-110 thousand. According to the agency TelecomDaily, on the Russian market there is about 20 thousand of "gray" iPad device 2. In Ukraine, the "gray" devices exhibited at prices ranging from $ 1 thousand, the number of imported devices is not yet rated. According to Bloomberg, 70% of owners iPad 2 was purchased Tablet PC Apple. It is expected that the second version of the iPad will be sold three times better than its predecessor. Over 2010 Apple Inc. sold nearly 15 million "planshetnikov" around the world - respectively, the number of users iPad 2 could reach $ 45 million. Bold forecast of analysts Piper Jaffray Cos. ahead of earlier estimates research firm IDC, which estimates the share of Apple's tablet devices market in 87,4%, while total sales "planshetnikov" in 2011 - to 44.6 million gadgets. Online retailers have benefited from "tablet" as an additional sales channel. Earlier Oborot.ru told that the owners of Tablet PCs to spend more on online shopping than users of "normal" PC. Moreover - as noted Mandzhal Shah, director of Product Shopping corporation Google, many owners iPad downloaded more than 20 applications, and almost 30% of consumers began to use "tablet" as the main unit. And now look at the "success story" Gilt Groupe: releasing the first application for the iPad, the site provided an opportunity to purchase the sales of luxury goods more than 4 million consumers. In January 2011 the site logged about 100 thousand users iPad from the U.S., more than a third of visitors made purchases over the weekend. The average check for sales through the iPad was 30% higher than for online orders through the website or application for the iPhone. Among the most expensive items purchased by the owners of "tablet" were vintage Rolex watches worth $ 24 thousand