Apple looking forward to Ship 40 Million iPads in 2011, And 6.5 M in Q1 2011

Apple has set a goal to ship almost 40 Million iPads till the end of this year, For this purpose Apple will Ship some 6.5 Million iPads in the first quarter of 2011. And it also includes Second Generation iPads. As we know iPad 2 is just a few hours away from it's release, DigiTimes on Wednesday showed that Apple is expected to have some 300,000 and 400,000 units available at the time of it's release, and Apple might ramp up the production in 2011.

Apple reportedly ordered between 1.7 million and 2 million iPads in January and February. Order volumes for March, including the to-be-announced iPad 2, are expected to top 2 million.

In another report Digitimes revealed that:

gallium arsenide (GaAs) power amplifer suppliers, including TriQuint Semiconductor and Skyworks Solutions, are expected to benefit from the iPad 2 launch. Visual Photonics Epitaxy Company and Advanced Wireless Semiconductor Company of Taiwan are also said to be GaAs foundry suppliers for the iPad 2.

Apple is expected to release three version of iPads this year a Wi-Fi-only model, a GSM/UMTS version, and a CDMA/EVDO model.And their Next Generation iPads will also be 3G-capable models.

Today Apple will launch iPad 2, the Apple media Event will start at 10 a.m. Pacific, 1 p.m. Eastern. We'll keep you update with the news. Stay tuned with us.

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[Via AppleInsider]