Apple sets new record selling 3 million iPads in 3 days

Apple has said that it sold 3 million units of its new iPad tablet computers over the weekend, setting a new company record.

The  original ipad which debuted in 2010 sold 300,000 units in its first day and it took 28 days to get 1 million units. Numbers for the iPad2 sales in 2011 were not available, however estimates range from 400,000 to about 1 million during its first weekend on sale.