Indeed, I'm with you on that one. I really thought "They're just trying to milk the multi-touch cow. Surely this can't work?"

However, nearly 2 million iPads later, Apple seems to have done it again (if only in smaller numbers than they had hoped, methinks).

Some quick math for those still awake.

2000000 * $599 (let's just take the average price of the wifi version for this) = $1.2 billion in revenue, which, if compared to their last quarterly revenue of $13.5 billion (if they maintain this number) would be a 8% increase in revenue. Not bad for something which is a niche product that most people saw going the way of the dodo very quickly.

I for one am looking forward to the numbers they'll post in June.