Waiting for the Launch of the iPad

These are exciting times: When was the last time a new device category was launched? Yes we remember the lines in front of stores for the Playstation 2 and 3 and iPhone, but this one is different, this is really a new device category that everybody seems to be curious about - at least that how it seems: Today by mid-afternoon there was a line forming already at the Apple Store in New York. Pre-orders have been strong (the delivery date was moved to April 12th due to strong demand) and rumors have it that even Apple seems more than surprised about the interest. If you count the apps in the app store right now there are already over 3,000 apps specially designed for the iPad in addition to the somwhat 170,000 existing apps that also run on the iPad of course. We will find out more tomorrow.