It's hard to believe that it's been a year since the debut of the iPad. The idea for the revolutionary device actually preceded the iPhone, having it's roots in ideas stemming back to 2004. After years of passionate design, iPad materialized on January 27, 2010.
365 days later, I still want one.
"First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination." - Napoleon Hill
"Everybody uses a laptop and a smartphone. And a question has arisen lately: is there room for a third category of device in the middle? Something that’s between a laptop and a smartphone. And of course we’ve pondered this question for years as well. The bar’s pretty high. In order to really create a new category of devices, those devices are going to have to be far better at doing some key tasks. Better than a laptop. Better than a smartphone.
Now, some people have thought…that’s a netbook. The problem is, netbooks aren’t better at anything. They’re slow, they have low quality displays and they run clunky old PC software. So, they’re not better than a laptop at anything. They’re just cheaper. They’re just cheap laptops. We don’t think they’re a new category of device. But we think we’ve got something that is. And we’d like to show it to you today for the first time. And we call it…the iPad." - Steve Jobs
Personally, I can't wait to see what the second generation iPad will be like. I envision a slightly faster (perhaps dual-core) Apple processor, additional RAM and the addition of front and rear-facing cameras for FaceTime. What an amazing device...
We live in such an exciting time. I'm thankful that the Lord has blessed humanity by creating us in His image. In turn, we're free to innovate and create all form of beautiful, useful technology.
Good Night
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