Three million iPads London - Arabstoday Apple announced it sold three million iPads in just three days since the launch of the new iPad mini and fourth generation iPad.Sources said this was double the previous first weekend milestone of $1.5 million Wi-Fi only models sold for the third generation iPad in March. The Wi-Fi and cellular versions of both iPads will start shipments in a few weeks in the US and in many more countries later this year. Apple CEO Tim Cook said “we set a new launch weekend record and are practically sold out of iPad minis. We're working hard to build more quickly to meet the incredible demand.” Both iPad mini and the new fourth generation iPad with Retina display are available in 34 countries including the US, Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and the UK, and will be available in many more countries later this year, including mainland China. Demand for iPad mini exceeded the initial supply and while many of the pre-orders have been shipped to customers, some are scheduled to be shipped later this month. Apple has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices with iPad.