Selling an estimated 5 million units in its first year as a “base case” scenario, Apple’s tablet would earn the company $2.8 billion in additional revenue and solidify it as more than a niche product, a prominent investment baking firm said Friday.~
This piece of wild speculation seems ridiculous - leaving aside the fact that AppleInsider are saying this prediction comes from a prominent baking firm.
Without knowing the price of the tablet, when (and where) it will be available for sale, and how many units Apple are able to sell around the launch, any revenue estimate is nothing more than complete, unfounded guesswork.
