<http://schema.org/articleBody>
"Apple today announced that it has sold three million iPads in three days since the launch of its new iPad mini and fourth-gen iPad.\r\n\r\nIn addition, the consumer electronics juggernaut's CEO, Tim Cook, in a statement says Apple has &amp;quot;practically sold out of iPad minis&amp;quot;.\r\n\r\nThis is in line with previous reports. \r\n\r\nApple is calling the 3 million iPad sales a launch weekend record and points out that it is double the previous first weekend milestone of 1.5 million WiFi-only models sold for the third-generation iPad back in March 2012. In total, the then-new iPad went over the counter 3 million times in the days after its March launch, as the company also announced in a press release.\r\n\r\nThe WiFi + cellular versions of both the iPad mini and the latest iPad are projected to start shipping to US customers in &amp;quot;a few weeks&amp;quot; and in &amp;quot;many more countries&amp;quot; later this year, Apple says.\r\n\r\nIn late September, Apple said it sold a whopping 5 million of its new iPhone 5 device in the three days following its September 21 launch.\r\n\r\nAlso read:\r\n\r\nApple beats in Q4 2012 with $36B revenue, misses on $8.2B profit, $8.67 EPS, 26.9M iPhones, 14M iPads, 5.3M iPods sold\r\n\r\nApple has sold 3M new iPods, 200M devices running iOS 6, 3B iMessages sent, 35B apps downloaded\r\n\r\nApple posts iPad mini commercial demoing a warming Heart and Soul piano duet with the iPad\r\n\r\nAndroid grabs 75.0% market share in Q3, followed by 14.9% for iOS and 4.3% for BlackBerry\r\n\r\nApple sees 2 million iPhone 5 orders in 24 hours, doubles previous record held by iPhone 4S\r\n\r\nImage credit: Oli Scarff / Getty Images"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
<http://thenextweb.com/apple/2012/11/05/apple-says-it-sold-3-million-ipads-in-3-days-practically-sold-out-of-ipad-minis/>