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文件名称：iPad The Missing Manual
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更新时间：2014-04-29 23:49:33
iPad
The rumors began years ago: Apple was making a tablet computer!
Technology journalists and Apple fans alike hung on every word
from company CEO Steve Jobs, waiting for him to reveal the device
that, for a long time, was as publicly elusive as unicorns dancing on rainbows.
But then, on January 27, 2010, Mr. Jobs introduced the iPad.
Tablet computers, of course, are nothing new. Tech companies have tried
the concept since the 1990s. But those flat slabs never caught on for a variety
of reasons. Some required input with an easy-to-lose stylus; some had
slow, unresponsive touchscreens; and some were so heavy it felt like you
were hauling around a patio flagstone that happened to run Windows XP.
Most of the public took one look and went: “Nah.”
Then came the iPad, and the public showed much more interest, judging
by the 300,000 iPads sold the day the tablet went on sale (April 3, 2010).
So why has the iPad proven so popular when the whole tablet concept
hasn’t exactly burned up the market? One theory: combine a growing
desire for Internet access and a shift to digital music, books, and video
with a sophisticated, fast, lightweight touchscreen device and you have a
gadget perfectly suited to the emerging world of personal media devices.
Sure, the iPhone does all that, but you don’t have to squint on the iPad. The
iPad is both an evolution and a solution.
And thanks to the thousands of third-party apps already available, the iPad
can move beyond being just a platter that serves up media and Internet
content. In fact, it can pretty much be whatever you want it to be.
You know, this tablet computer thing just may take off at last.