Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad on 27 January 2010 and it went on sale in the US on 3 April, selling 300,000 on the first day and a million within a month. It ran iPhone apps and its own tablet apps, had no camera, could not run Flash, and started at $499 for the 16 GB Wi-Fi model.
Critics joked about the name and asked what it was for. Then people used it: reading in bed, watching Netflix, playing Angry Birds HD, and browsing the web on a couch. Publishers rushed out magazine apps, and within a year the netbook category began to collapse. Apple sold almost 15 million iPads in 2010.
- Maker
- Apple
- Released
- 3 April 2010
- Launch price
- $499 (16 GB Wi-Fi) to $829 (64 GB Wi-Fi + 3G)
- Platform
- iPhone OS 3.2 / iOS 4.2
Specifications
| Display | 9.7-inch IPS LCD, 1024 x 768 |
|---|---|
| Processor | Apple A4, 1 GHz |
| Memory | 256 MB RAM |
| Storage | 16, 32 or 64 GB |
| Camera | None |
| Battery | Up to 10 hours (Apple) |
| Weight | 680 g (Wi-Fi) |
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