iPad

When the Apple iPad was released on the 3rd of April this year, people didn’t quite know what to make of it. There were tablet PCs before but these Windows-based machines did not really set the market alight, so why would the iPad differ? Soon the sales figures started coming in – 1 million sold in 28 days (the iPhone took double the time), 2 million sold in less than 2 months, 3 million sold in 80 days.
It became apparent that the iPad, with its sleek 9.7″ multi-touch display and iPhone-like body, was changing the game. Some joked that it’s nothing more than a big iPhone that can’t make calls, but the iPad heralded a new era of devices that enhances media consumption (surfing, reading, games and apps) instead of creation.
PC manufacturers scrambled (and are still scrambling) to get their own tablet devices out, leading us to believe that 2011 will be all about the tablet.

When the Apple iPad was released on the 3rd of April this year, people didn’t quite know what to make of it. There were tablet PCs before but these Windows-based machines did not really set the market alight, so why would the iPad differ? Soon the sales figures started coming in – 1 million sold in 28 days (the iPhone took double the time), 2 million sold in less than 2 months, 3 million sold in 80 days.
It became apparent that the iPad, with its sleek 9.7″ multi-touch display and iPhone-like body, was changing the game. Some joked that it’s nothing more than a big iPhone that can’t make calls, but the iPad heralded a new era of devices that enhances media consumption (surfing, reading, games and apps) instead of creation.
PC manufacturers scrambled (and are still scrambling) to get their own tablet devices out, leading us to believe that 2011 will be all about the tablet.