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iPad First Day Sales More Than Motorola's Xoom Sales For Entire Quarter

We spotted this stat today, from Motorola's 1Q results:

"Mobility is still losing money, but it managed to narrow its losses during its first quarter as it shipped 4.1 million smartphones and 250,000 of its first Android tablet, the Xoom.

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) shipped 4.69 million iPads in the first quarter of this year, and it sold 300,000 iPads last year on just the first day it was on sale: more devices than Motorola sold during the entire quarter."

Statistics Source: MocoNews

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