Top Stats From Apple's iPad Event: Execs, Insults, Exclamation Points And More

The Most Important Stats From Apple's iPad Event: Execs, Insults, Exclamations And More
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Apple has just wrapped up its latest press frenzy in San Francisco, and along with several new products, the company shared a slew of statistics about what it's been up to these past few months.

Here's a look at Wednesday's Apple press conference, by the numbers:

Minutes into press conference before Apple unveiled the "New iPad:" 15Percent of tech pundits shocked by Apple's choice of "New iPad" as the name for its new iPad: approximately 100

Number of exclamation points included in live blogs from Engadget, gdgt, New York Times and Wall Street Journal: 39, 36, 21 and 0, respectively.

Number of Apple executives who spoke during the press conference: 3 (Tim Cook, Phil Schiller, Eddy Cue)Number of Apple executives who spoke during the press conference who were not white men: 0Number who had their shirt tucked in: 1 (Schiller)

Times Steve Jobs' "one more thing" catchphrase was used: 0

Number of competitors dissed onstage: 2 (Samsung and HP)

Press conference running time: 83 minutes"Toy Story" running time: 77 minutes

New iPad's thickness and weight: 9.4 mm, 1.5 poundsiPad 2's thickness and weight: 8.8 mm, 1.33 pounds

Price of cheapest New iPad: $499 (Wi-Fi only, 16GB)Price of cheapest iPad 2: $399 (Wi-Fi only, 16GB)

Percent of Apple revenues generated by the iPod, iPad and iPhone, combined: 76Number of iOS devices sold to date: 352 millionNumber of Android devices activated to date: over 300 million

Number of iCloud customers: 100 millionNumber of paying iCloud customers: ??? (Apple didn't say)

New iPad's battery life: up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi, 9 hours 4G networksiPad 2's battery life: up to 10 hours on Wi-Fi, 9 hours on 3G networks

Number of iPads sold last quarter: 15.5 million Number of iPad apps available from Apple's App Store: more than 200,000Number of pixels on the New iPad's high-resolution Retina Display screen: 3.1 million (2048 x 1536 display)

Number of Apple retail stores worldwide: 362

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