If you ever think age is just a number and you're still young at heart, the Apple iPad has turned 15 years old today (just saying!). Apple's late co-founder Steve Jobs unveiled the company's first tablet device on January 27, 2010, and it was launched in April of the same year.
Jobs
told the audience that Apple had already established itself in the mobile devices business, beating Samsung and Nokia in the revenue game. The iPhone had been around for three years, and Apple's laptops had evolved into mature devices, from the PowerBook in 1991 to the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air.
While the iPhone found a place in the customer's pocket and the MacBook on their desk, Jobs explained that Apple felt a void existed for a device category offering more convenience and a better experience than the iPhone and MacBook at certain things. For tasks like web browsing, sending emails, browsing photos, ebooks, and watching videos.
“iPad creates and defines an entirely new category of devices that will connect users with their apps and content in a much more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before,” the CEO
said.
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