Steve Jobs introduced the iPad in 2010 not as a bigger iPhone or a sidekick to the Mac, but as a revolutionary “third category” of device — a magical slate of glass that would usher in the post-PC era. He envisioned it as a primary computing device: intuitive, touch-first, powerful enough for everyday creation and consumption, yet simpler and more approachable than a traditional laptop with its mouse-and-pointer model. Jobs famously compared PCs to trucks and tablets to cars — the future belonged to the more personal, portable form factor.
Under Tim Cook, the iPad evolved into a capable but often frustrating “in-betweener”: computer-like when docked with a Magic Keyboard, yet held back by iPadOS limitations that prevented it from fully supplanting…
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