{"id":4348,"date":"2010-04-05T11:39:31","date_gmt":"2010-04-05T17:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/cote\/2010\/04\/05\/numbers043\/"},"modified":"2010-04-05T11:39:31","modified_gmt":"2010-04-05T17:39:31","slug":"numbers043","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/2010\/04\/05\/numbers043\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers, Volume 43"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"iPad<\/a><\/p>\n

While we “don’t do numbers” here at RedMonk, I come across many interesting numbers each week. Here are some:<\/p>\n

Official iPad Sales Numbers<\/a><\/h2>\n
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Apple today announced that it sold over 300,000 iPads in the US as of midnight Saturday, April 3<\/b>. 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<\/b> and over 250,000 ebooks from its iBookstore during the first day<\/b>.<\/p>\n

“It feels great to have the iPad launched into the world — it’s going to be a game changer,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “iPad users, on average, downloaded more than three apps and close to one book within hours of unpacking their new iPad<\/b>.”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More numbers commentary from Joseph Tartakoff<\/a>.<\/p>\n

iPad Interest<\/a><\/h2>\n

\nOf the [“more than 1,000”] developers who were polled, 53% said they were “very interested” in the iPad as a development platform<\/b>, down from 58% in January<\/b>. That put the tablet in third place, behind the iPhone, with 87%, and<\/b> Google<\/b><\/a>‘s Android operating system, with 81%, but significantly ahead of others, such as the Blackberry, at 43% and Windows Phone 7, at 34%<\/b>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The first $10 billion is the hardest<\/a><\/h2>\n
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No doubt, Red Hat is in solid financial shape. And The VAR Guy even owns a few shares in Red Hat. But let\u2019s not lose sight of the facts:<\/p>\n