Apple Inc. of the US created the whole new "tablet terminal" market with the release of the iPad in the US in April 2010. Before release, some people in the industry downplayed the table, saying there was nothing new about the form, and predicting that while it might draw some attention, it wouldn¡Çt sell. Well, they were wrong: only a month after release it has already sold over a million units, soaring to three million in the first eighty days. According to survey firm DisplaySearch, global iPad sales in 2010 will hit about 9.7 million units, with Japan accounting for about 460,000.
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