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"Apple's iPad has recently stopped being a myth and started being something you can actually buy, which means it's possible to guesstimate how many iPads are being pre-ordered. \nA blogger called Deagol (his real name is Daniel Tello) is something of an expert on the subject. By monitoring order numbers submitted at Investor Village's AAPL Sanity board, he managed to get an idea of how many iPads have been ordered so far, and how orders have been slowing down over time. \nCheck out one of his graphs, embedded below. If it's close to reality, iPad pre-orders started with a bang, reaching well over 100,000 in the first 10 hours, but slowing down significantly on the second and third day. \n\n\n\n\nOf course, declining orders may be due to the simple fact that the second and third day of iPad sales were Saturday and Sunday. Even if you take the weekend into account, though, Deagol's numbers indicate far slower pre-orders in the future. \nCheck out Deagol's lengthy analysis over at his blog, and tell us what you think: Will iPad's pre-orders pick up again after the weekend or is the iPad rush behind us?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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