Apple has today announced that it has sold over 3 million iPads in just 80 days. Yesterday marked the 80th day of the iPad going on sale in the US.
Using Apple's past sales figures it is clear that sales of the iPad are accelerating, even taking into account the expanding international sales. It took 28 days for Apple to sell the first million iPads, 31 days to sell the second million, and 21 days to reach the three million mark.
“People are loving iPad as it becomes a part of their daily lives,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We’re working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more people around the world, including those in nine more countries next month.”
Apple also took the opportunity offer stats on iPad apps, the store now has 11,000 apps on board and the iPad can also run all the 225,000 iPhone and iPod touch apps.