Today's news would seem to validate this - given a few weeks back they estimated that preliminary run would be limited to 300,000:
"An unspecified production problem at the iPad's manufacturer, Hon Hai Precision, will likely limit the launch region to the US and the number of units available to roughly 300K in the month of march, far lower than the company's initial estimate of 1,000K units."
http://aaplmodel.blogspot.com/
Today's news would seem to validate this - given a few weeks back they estimated that preliminary run would be limited to 300,000:
"An unspecified production problem at the iPad's manufacturer, Hon Hai Precision, will likely limit the launch region to the US and the number of units available to roughly 300K in the month of march, far lower than the company's initial estimate of 1,000K units."
http://forums.appleinsider.com/showthread.php?threadid=10742...
Assuming that means 50k in the retail channel, should be interesting.