ChangeWave Research:

A total of 84% of US companies planning to buy tablets next quarter now say they’ll purchase iPads – a 7-pt leap since the previous survey.

 

Localytics used the top 20 countries for mobile devices between December 1 and 20 to establish a baseline. The average daily activation rate for this period was compared to the average for December 25 and 26, to allow for devices given on Christmas to be activated the next day.

 

In 2007, Steve Jobs looked into the future:

“We’ve got two strong legs on our chair today — we have the Mac business, which is a $10 billion business, and music, our iPod and iTunes business, which is $10 billion. We hope the iPhone is the third leg on our chair, and maybe one day Apple TV will be the fourth leg.”

It’s a good thing Jobs used the word “maybe”, because the iPad has just sailed straight past Apple TV to become that fourth leg. During its first quarter on the market, iPad has already become Apple’s third biggest revenue stream. Despite supply constraints, the combined revenue of Apple’s two newest legs – iPhones & iPads – already exceeds combined revenue from the original Mac and iPod legs by 25%.

The Sydney Morning Herald on todays’ launch of the iPad in Australia:

Apple’s iPad has officially gone on sale nationwide but many expecting their pre-orders to be delivered today could be waiting until next week as courier company TNT is reportedly battling to keep up with demand.

Stocks in store are not expected to last the day.