Weekly Apple News Recap | 3/19-3/23

ByMike Moffit

The news is still iPad, iPad, iPad. From sales numbers to first impressions to possible issues, here’s what we saw this week:

Millions and Millions of iPads
According to Apple, over 3 million iPads were sold in the first weekend the iPad was available. Seriously! This marks Apple’s most successful (in numbers) iPad product launch to date.

Read more here.

It’s Getting Hot in Herre?
There have been rumblings that the new iPad runs a little hot…maybe a little too hot. Not so, says DisplayMate Technologies Corporation president Ray Soneira, as he calls the claims “overblown.” We’d back that up, as the new iPads are a bit warmer, but nothing to be overly concerned about.

Read more here.

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