According to the initial analysis of iPad pre-orders at Investor Village’s AAPL Sanity board, about 120,000 iPads were sold in Day 1. Customers preferred the cheaper Wi-Fi-only iPad over the Wi-Fi plus 3G model. 16, 32 and 64GB iPads are equally popular.

Think you’ve got the chops to keep up with Joey Kramer? Hit Hard gives you the chance to prove it! See if you have the rhythm to match the Kramedog! Step up to the kit with Aerosmith’s Joey Kramer and put your skills to the test.

The game features original beats from Joey Kramer and recorded messages from Joey in game play mode!

What’s even more exciting – monthly high score contests with real prizes! Winners could take home cool stuff like:

• Drum Workshop Snare Drum: approximate value $1000
• Joey Kramer Zildjian Signature Series drumsticks: Retail value: $17.25
• Remo 14inch drumhead autographed: Retail value: $29.50
• Autographed 16” A Zildjian Crash Cymbal: Retail value: $335
• Autographed “Hit Hard: A Story of Hitting Rock Bottom at the Top” book: Retail Value: $17.81

MARCH 2010 PRIZE: Autographed 16″ Zildjian Crash Cymbal / Joey Kramer Signature Series Drumsticks

Check out www.joeykramer.com for official contest rules and prizes!
Hit Hard is available in App Store at $1.99

Kings Of Leon Revenge, the next incredible app from Tapulous, the developer of the hit Tap Tap Revenge series of music games which has surpassed over ten million downloads, debuted in App Store yesterday.

Kings Of Leon Revenge features “Battle Mode” to hone your skills against an opponent across a bluetooth network, four difficulty levels, an exclusive Kings Of Leon news feed, band bio and tour dates, and chat rooms.

Songs featured: Use Somebody, Crawl, The Bucket, Be Somebody, On Call, McFearless, Notion, Black Thumbnail, True Love Way and Sex On Fire. Available today for $4.99 from the iTunes App Store.

According to Barnes & Noble official site B&N eReader for iPad will be released around the time of expected iPad’s availability. We’re not sure if Apple will ever accept the app because of competition with Apple’s own on-device bookstore.

“We’ve been getting lots of questions from customers, so we wanted to confirm that we will soon be adding a new B&N eReader for iPad – continuing to fulfill our promise of providing consumers any book, any time, any where,” says official B&N blog.

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Here’s an educational iPhone app to develop thinking skills of your kids! Find cute animal friends and watch them do silly tricks in this addictive seek and find game. Adorable characters hide in Jungle, Circus and Ocean. Each character has its own real instrument sound, including cello, saxophone, bongos, rattles, guitar, piano, castanets, trumpet and more.

The game is beautifully designed! Definitely check it out. Great start, Awesome Giant!

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If you’re a fan of Shazam, you have to try this app. With SoundHound, you can name a song playing from a speaker in as little as four seconds. It even works on your unlabeled iPod songs, and is the only app in the world that can identify songs you sing or hum.

The New York Times Knowledge Network announced the release of “Learning English With The New York Times”, a new app for the iPhone and iPod Touch designed for intermediate to advanced English learners to improve reading and listening skills, and to learn new vocabulary.

“The New York Times newspaper has always been an integral part of helping individuals learn English,” said Felice Nudelman, executive director, education, The New York Times Company. “The iPhone app is an ideal educational tool for English learners and an innovative way to reach this new audience.”

The application is available for a one-time cost of $5.99 and comes with 12 lesson plans based on famous or historical articles from The New York Times. Each lesson plan includes: Vocabulary Flashcards; Article Reading Task; Audio for Articles and Key Words (for pronunciation development); Comprehension Task; Three Vocabulary Review Tasks; and A World Bank Dictionary (with translation in Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Spanish).