Steve Jobs talks some stats before announcing the Tablet

At today’s Media Event, Steve Jobs just took the stage and started things off with an apology that he’d begin with a talk about existing stats.

Apple has just sold its 250 millionth iPod, according to Jobs. 234 retail stores to date, with over 250 million visitors to the stores last Holiday quarter. There are also 140,000 Apps in the App Store, with over 3 Billion Downloads to Date.

“Lastly, we started apple in 1976 — 34 years later, we just ended our holiday quarter with 15.6 billion in revenue. That means Apple is over a 50 billion dollar company — I like to forget that, because that’s not how we think of Apple, but it’s pretty amazing,” Jobs says.

And now, to a breathless sigh from the audience: “Let’s get to the main event.”

Prepare for the Tablet. Whatever it’s called.

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