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The most anticipated product launch of the year, the iPad, has been and gone with some success, but it’s not without its glitches – and either was the launch of the iPhone.

Over the weekend, despite rumours the launch date had been moved to later in the month, Apple sold more than 300,000 iPads. That figure includes the pre-ordered tablets, too.

iPad users have already downloaded more than one million applications at Apple’s App Store and over 250,000 electronic books from the iBookstore, according to the company.

But there has been complaints about the device already. Anything that Apple does causes mass hype and hysteria, however, the explosion of information and publicity surrounding the iPad launch has left consumers feeling that their expectations have not completely met. Big surprise.

Apparently, some users have been having major issues connecting to the internet via wi-fi. Apple has a support page set up for those having issues but many have complained on the TechCrunch blog that they are going to return their iPads.

While users are praising the sleek design of the device, many are still complaining about the lack of camera and Flash capabilities.

There’s even people bashing the device to death, somehow proving that the screen isn’t all it’s cracked up to be (being taken to with a baseball bat).

All this might seem like what has been a long run of bad publicity for the iPad, since it was first announced in January. But demand is still high and the tech giant has doubled its manufacturing output for 2010.

Furthermore, the iPhone didn’t come without it’s complaints and now look at its phenomenal popularity.

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