Apple Tablet Live in Numbers: The Stats Behind the Apple iPad Event [Apple iPad Launches After 250 Million Ipods Sold, 3 Billion Apps Downloaded]

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The Apple iPad tablet was revealed today upon strong numbers about Apple’s growth in recent history.  The Apple iPad news event at the Yerba Buena Vista Center in San Francisco, California saw a flurry of stats not only about the new Apple iPad tablet, but some staggering numbers about Apple’s growth.

What were the numbers behind today’s Apple Tablet Live event in San Francisco?

• 284: The number of retail stores Apple currently has throughout the world
• 250 Million:  The number of visitors to those stores in the last holiday quarter alone
• 140,000: The number of apps in Apple’s app store as of today
• 3 Billion: The number of app downloads from those 140k apps
• 34: The number of years since Apple was founded in 1976
• 15.6 Billion: Apple’s revenue in the last holiday quarter alone
• 9.7: The size, in inches, of the Apple iPad hardware‘s full capacitive multi-touch display
• 1.5: The weight of the Apple iPad Tablet, in pounds
• 64: The total size in GB of flash storage available for the Apple iPad
• $14.99: The price of a sample book in Apple’s new ebook store, Apple iBook
• $9.99: The price for the iWork app for the Apple iPad
• $14.99: The price for an Apple iPad data plan, per month, up to 250MB
• $29.99: The price for an unlimited data plan for the iPad
• $499.99: The starting price for an Apple iPad
• $130: The additional price for a model with 3G connectivity
• $0: The monthly fees for 3G service
• 60: The number of days until the Apple iPad officially ships to retail
• 0: The number of iPads Verizon will sell, contrary to rumors before the event.