And the 300,000 did not include pre-orders for the 3g enabled version. I am waiting for that to become available before making a decision on buying. The iPhone is not available where I live, so I purchased an iPod Touch and have not regretted it for one moment. I suspect the iPad will be as compelling for my use. My current opinion is that the iPad does present a paradigm change for us all. Jens, ...lost in Montana... On Apr 6, 2010, at 3:13 PM, T.L. Miller wrote: > On 4/6/10, at 10:52 PM, Paul Moortgat paul.moortgat at pandora.be said: > >> Here in the newspapers is written that the sale of the iPad isn't >> that >> spectacular because the 300.000 are the pre-orders and few now will >> buy one. > > Here's something I read about that makes 300,000 sound better: "the > iPhone, sold only 270,000 units in the first 30 hours of sales when it > was launched three years ago, almost half what analysts predicted." > > > > Tom Miller