Apple confirms iPad sales have surpassed 1 million units

Apple has today proudly announced that this past Friday, 28 days after its official introduction, and on the first day the 3G version hit US stores, the iPad has reached the 1 million sales mark. According to an analyst estimate the 3G-enabled iPad model sold some 300,000 units, which means that the rest 700,000 delivered are WiFi only.

"One million iPads in 28 days that's less than half of the 74 days it took to achieve this milestone with iPhone," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. "Demand continues to exceed supply and we're working hard to get this magical product into the hands of even more customers."

The 1 million iPad users in the US are said to have downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store (which hosts more than 200,000 apps) and over 1.5 million ebooks from the iBookstore. The iPad is expected to become available in Euroope too at the end of this month.