Money | Apple iPad Sales on Course to Double Estimates Some 700K sold already, analysts estimate By Mary Papenfuss Posted Apr 5, 2010 3:48 AM CDT Updated Apr 5, 2010 7:35 AM CDT Copied Milo Kahmey, left, 12, holds his new Apple iPad as his brother, Lyle Kahmey, 9, wears an iPad billboard in San Francisco on Saturday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma) Sales of the iPad appear to be on course to double and even triple estimates, Bloomberg reports. Initial sales may already have reached some 700,000 units, according to a Minneapolis analyst firm that had predicted sales of a mere 200,000. People waited at outlets across the nation in long lines to buy the iPad as sales began Saturday, and Apple appeared to be able to keep up with skyrocketing demand. Read These Next Two state troopers were shot in Pennsylvania Kelly Clarkson's ex died a day after she disclosed he was ill. JD Vance in hot water over birthday boating trip. Something James Carville said made Melania Trump's lawyer unhappy. Report an error