Business

While the iPad is mostly used by consumers it also has been taken up by business users. Some companies are adopting iPads in their business offices by distributing or making available the iPads to employees. Examples of uses in the workplace include attorneys responding to clients, medical professionals accessing health records during patient exams, and managers approving employee requests.^{[132][133][134]}

A survey by Frost & Sullivan shows that iPad usage in office workplaces is linked...

Reception

On May 28, 2010, the iPad was released in Australia, Canada, and Japan, as well as several larger European countries. Media reaction to the launch was mixed. The media noted the positive response from fans of the device, with thousands of people queued on the first day of sale in a number of these countries.^[112][113]

Reaction to the announcement

Media reaction to the iPad announcement was mixed. Walt Mossberg wrote, "It's about the software, stupid",...

Apple began taking pre-orders for the iPad from U.S. customers on March 12, 2010.^[3] The only major change to the device between its announcement and being available to pre-order was the change of the behavior of the side switch from sound muting to that of a screen rotation lock.^[93] The Wi-Fi version of the iPad went on sale in the United States on April 3, 2010.^[3][94] The Wi-Fi + 3G version was released on April 30.^[3][4][4] 3G service in the United States is provided by AT&T and was init...

The iPad has an optional iBooks application that can be downloaded from the App Store, which displays books and other ePub-format content downloaded from the iBookstore.^[78] For the iPad launch on April 3, 2010, the iBookstore is available only in the United States.^[3][20][65] Several major book publishers including Penguin Books, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster and Macmillan have committed to publishing books for the iPad.^[79] Despite being a direct competitor ...

Like the iPhone, with which it shares a development environment (iPhone SDK, or software development kit, version 3.2 onwards),^[58] the iPad only runs its own software, software downloaded from Apple's App Store, and software written by developers who have paid for a developer's license on registered devices.^[59] The iPad runs almost all third-party iPhone applications, displaying them at iPhone size or enlarging them to fill the iPad's screen.^[60] Developers may also create or modify apps to...

Screen and input

Steve Jobs, Apple CEO, introducing the iPad

The iPad's touchscreen display is a 9.7 in (25 cm) liquid crystal display (1024 × 768 pixels) with fingerprint-resistant and scratch-resistant glass. Steve Jobs backed the choice of screen size, saying a 7-inch screen would be "too small to express the software."^[26] He said 10 inches was the minimum for a tablet screen.^[26] Like the iPhone, the iPad is designed to be controlled by bare fingers; normal gloves and styli that prevent e...

Apple's first tablet computer was the Newton MessagePad 100,^[16][17] introduced in 1993, which led to the creation of the ARM6 processor core withAcorn Computers. Apple also developed a prototype PowerBook Duo-based tablet, the PenLite, but in order to avoid hurting MessagePad sales did not sell it.^[18] Apple released several more Newton-based PDAs, and discontinued the last, the MessagePad 2100, in 1998.

With the success of the introduction of portable music player iPod in 2001, Apple re-ente...