iPad 2 launch predictably draws crowds, sellouts

Josh Lowensohn of CNET:

Analysts like Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster are already setting estimates for first day sales somewhere between 400,000 to 500,000 units, some 200,000 better than the first iPad did during the same time period in its launch. Apple is expected to unveil preliminary unit sales on Monday, as it did on the Monday following the launch of the first iPad.

I think it’s safe to say that Apple knocked it out of the park yet again.

iPad 2 Arrives Tomorrow

Apple® today announced that iPad™ 2, the next generation of its magical device for browsing the web, reading and sending email, enjoying photos, watching videos, listening to music, playing games, reading ebooks and much more, will be available tomorrow at 5 p.m. local time at all 236 Apple retail stores in the US and through the Apple Store® (www.apple.com) beginning at 1 a.m. PT.

Alarm clock set. (via Daring Fireball)

Recent numbers on Apple’s “post-PC” sales and market share

My favorite stat from Luke Wroblewski’s list:

Apple has sold 15 million iPads -that’s more than every tablet PC ever sold. The iPad has over 90% market share.