Snippet: The New iPad’s Nearest Competitor ☇

As John Paczkowski from AllThingsD points out, the next best-selling tablet since March? The now-$399 iPad 2:

According to new data from Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP), the breakdown in sales of the iPad 2 and the new iPad between February and April of 2012 were roughly similar. The research firm says that since the March 16th launch date of the new iPad, that device accounted for 59 percent of total iPad sales, while the iPad 2, which costs $100 less, accounted for 41 percent.