The iPad and how it has Revolutionized the Tablet PC World

Why the iPad is the FIRST Revolutionary Tablet

By Michael Van Hoesen

       The iPad has changed the tablet PC era in so many ways. As early as 2004 many tablets were already on the market. The best one at that time in my opinion, was the Lenovo X6 Tablet. There is a major difference between the iPad and that Lenovo X6 Tablet though. The X6 tablet still feels like you are using a regular computer, but the iPad is devoted to touch screen.  Essentially, the iPad is just a big piece of touch screen glass. 
      The iPad was first shown off in a Keynote at the Yuna Buena Arts Center in California on Wednesday, January 27th 2010. There, Steve Jobs CEO of Apple gave on a guided tour of the iPad. The iPad had many features that people were looking for. Their main excitement, iBooks.
       iBooks is the iPad's version of Kindle. What is different about the iPad is that it is color. I have a Kindle, and it is great for reading in the daytime, but it would always drive me crazy when I would try to read it in the dark because it did not have a backlight. On the other hand, the iPad has a full color display. The other thing great about iBooks is that because the iPad is a full touch screen, you can actually turn the pages with your hand. The iPad in fact has crushed Kindle sales. 
      There has been some controversy as to if keeping the iPad on an iPhone related operating system was a good idea. In my opinion, they should have just put on a fully fledged version of Mac OSX, but I can see why they kept iPhone software on. 

• #1: The Price. The iPad has the Apple A4 chip for its processor which clocks in at about 1 GHz (about half the speed of a relatively good computer). They probably wouldn't be able to run Mac OSX on it without it being extremely slow, but they wanted to keep the price under $500, so they stuck with A4. 
• #2: App Store. The App Store has been a huge success. So far, they have sold over 3 billion apps, and the App Store has only been around for two and a half years! Why not make money off the iPad? This is also great for developers because it gives them the chance to develop really cool games for the iPad. 
• #3: Compatibility: Apple wants the iPad to appeal to people of all ages, especially the elderly. The iPod Touch and iPhone software is a lot easier to understand than Mac OSX. If you have an iPod Touch or iPhone, then you already know how to use the iPad. 

      An Apple Tablet had been rumored for many years before the iPad was introduced. In fact, in 1987 Apple made a video of an imaginary device called the Knowledge Navigator. It was what they thought the future would hold for them. So I have one more question for you, will the iPad blend?