In its just released third quarter earnings report, Apple indicates that it has sold 3.27 million iPads as of June 26. That translates to more than $2 billion in revenue for the company in a product category that didn’t even exist one year ago.
Putting that in further perspective, it’s more money than Apple brought in through sales of iPods ($1.5 billion) and a bit less than half of its revenue from iPhone ($5.3 billion). It also represents about two-thirds of MacBook sales ($3.0 billion), another interesting nugget in light of a market many are expecting to shift towards tablets.
Speaking of his company’s performance, CEO Steve Jobs said in a statement that "It was a phenomenal quarter that exceeded our expectations all around, including the most successful product launch in Apple's history with iPhone 4. iPad is off to a terrific start, more people are buying Macs than ever before, and we have amazing new products still to come this year."