A Popular Gadget

By: Kaitlyn 

May 27, 2010

                  Apple’s iPad, is being released in nine overseas markets. Industry markers are wondering if they are seeing the birth of a new market!

                  One million iPads were sold in the first month of sales in the United States while the iPad is still yet to be released in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland on Friday. Because the iPad was so popular here, in the U.S., millions more are probably going to be sold. This worldwide sale of iPads is going to continue to be sold in many other countries in the upcoming month of July.

                  The market researcher, IDC, believes that Apple will ship out 6 million iPads by the end of 2010. Analysts say that the iPad is unique because it is creating a new market segment, combining mobile phones and computer laptops. The iPad also involves other sets of industries such as application designers, book publishers, and news media organizations. It’s opening up many new jobs for people looking for new jobs. Five thousand apps are already available for iPad owners to download and will be able to use.

                  The iPad creates a huge amount of excitement for those who are interested in new technology. It is obvious why the iPad is popular throughout the whole world.     

http://www.cnn.com/2010/BUSINESS/05/27/apple.ipad.international/index.html