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Grade B25 sourcesHIS-01528

iPad launch

Product · 2010 · Notable

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Apple reported one million iPads sold in its first month.

Clip · Blendtec's Will It Blend? on YouTube
A 1st generation Apple iPad. This is the 32GB WiFi model.
Evan-Amos / Public domain / Wikimedia Commons
First-generation Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi + 3G iPads photographed in June 2010; CC BY 2.0.
Yutaka Tsutano
Will It Blend? - iPad
Blendtec's Will It Blend? on YouTube
Apple Airs First iPad Commercial During Oscars, Steve Jobs at Event [Ad Video Posted]
MacRumors

Spread Score

How it works
ReachNo data yetContagion35Breadth70Velocity32Longevity7252

Numbers

Seed to milestone
4 weeks
Apr 3 ’10 to Apr 30 ’10
Platforms
6
Started on Retail
Origin
Mixed
Technology

Mechanics

  • Scarcity drop
  • Platform jump
  • Press loopPrimary
  • Controversy
  • Sell-out loop

How it spread

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Apple's reveal prompted name jokes and video parodies. Paid TV advertising preceded US retail queues. Apple delayed overseas sales amid shortages and reported one million iPads in 28 days.

Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak.

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Timeline (16)

  1. January 2010

    Steve Jobs / Apple precursor · Jan 27 ’10

    Apple unveiled the iPad and announced a starting price of $499.[1]

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  2. Twitter and Tumblr users precursor · Jan 27 ’10

    Users circulated menstrual-product jokes about the name, and #iTampon became a Twitter trend.[2][3]

  3. WIRED precursor · Jan 29 ’10

    WIRED documented iPad parody videos featuring Pee-wee, Twilight and Downfall.[4]

  1. precursor · Mar 7 ’10

  2. seed · Apr 3 ’10

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Origin
Mixed
Sector
Technology
Region
US
Reported figure
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Evidence
Grade B

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