File 001 · Category Openers
Record 022 · Computing · 2010
10.22.CApple iPad (1st generation)
Apple
“The tablet that actually shipped a market after decades of failures.”
A magical and revolutionary device.
Jobs positioned it between phone and laptop. Media consumption, kids' apps, and airline seats never went back. Android tablets followed and mostly lost.
Filed notes
- Phone OS scaled to 9.7 inches
- Multi-touch without stylus mandate
Units. 500 million+ iPads across the line
SIC
3571
Electronic Computers
NAICS
334111
Electronic Computer Manufacturing
