Over the course of one year, 15 million consumers bit the hook and forked over the cash in exchange for Apple’s iPad. It’s the newest hard drug. It makes the people who use it happy. Seeing your friends use it makes you want to use it. People don’t want or need to pay all the money it costs but they do anyway. Hoards anxiously await its newest release and distribution.
The recent global debut of the iPad 2 was greeted with the open arms of massive crowds to which Steve Jobs is accustomed. It seems not too long ago that people doubted the functionality of the tablet, that no one would need such a thing. While it is true that nobody needs an iPad like they need food and water, the iPad has shown that almost everyone has a need for one.
The tablet is an interesting piece of technology that exists between a laptop computer and a smartphone. Laptops are getting thinner and lighter, and smartphones allow you to play your music, pay your bills, and everything in between. Why would anyone need a tablet?
The tablet market was nonexistent and its future looked grim. Then, people started actually using the iPad.
Succeeding the conventional oven, the microwave oven could heat food faster and use less energy. Even though it wasn't as good at cooking as an oven, and it wasn't obvious why anyone would want a microwave, the microwave became a staple in practically every home, because people kept finding new ways to use this technological wonder.
Just like the microwave, the iPad’s functions are essentially limitless. This is made possible with the support of Apple and hundreds of thousands of downloadable applications, or apps.
Watching movies and playing games are probably the two most popular functions of the iPad. Beyond entertainment, however, it offers a variety of productivity applications full-size calendars and maps at your fingertips. It even offers the adaptation of a Windows environment for more compatibility with enterprise functions.
Improving on its performance and design, there is no mystery or surprise as to why the crowds started forming outside the Apple store at an ungodly early hour. Those who had the first-generation product wanted an upgrade. Those who did not own one, wanted to.
With all this excitement regarding the recent iPad 2 release, it is needless to say that the tablet has found its place in our technology market. For now, that market belongs to Apple. No competitor has created a tablet that has nearly as much buzz and popularity among the masses.
Jotting down notes, playing Angry Birds, watching movies, reading a book, sending email, outlining a presentation, perusing the newspaper, social networking. Few of us can honestly claim we do none of those things. The iPad rolls combines all those tasks, and more, into a single, 8.8 millimeter-thin package.
Its wide array of capabilities makes the iPad a common bond between children and seniors, teenagers and adults, students and teachers. The one division the iPad creates is between the haves and the have-nots. Which one are you?
