10 Years of iPad

When Apple unveiled iPad in January 2010, skeptics scoffed. It was just a giant iPod touch, they said. In a way, sure, it was — but it was also a wondrous breakthrough device that became category-defining.

At the launch, Steve Jobs sat back in an armchair and demonstrated how iPad was great for reading books, watching movies, and browsing the internet. It’s now at the heart of our always-connected lives – it’s how we get our news, stream music and content of all kinds on–demand, keep up with social media and myriad forms of messaging, and control our increasingly smart homes.

So let’s take a look at the evolution of iPad over the decade, its highs and lows, and what may be next for Apple’s revolutionary post-PC device.

Introducing iPad

The original iPad was essentially a handheld 9.7-inch XGA (1,024 x 768 pixel) screen with built-in storage (16GB, 32GB, or 64GB) but little else – not even a camera, at first. It was a mere half-inch thick, weighed just 1.5 pounds, and had an impressive ten hours of battery life. It wasn’t the first tablet computer, but it was