iPad, therefore I am
IDEA No 97
TABLET DEVICES
When Ted Nelson described a hypermedia docuverse in 1974, he called for a user interface so simple that a beginner could understand it within ten seconds. Thirty-six years later, when Apple released the iPad, he got his wish.
Multi-touch gestures, such as pinch and zoom, swipe and tap, have become standard across devices.
When Steve Jobs announced Apple’s latest revolutionary product in 2010, the touchscreen tablet PC appeared to be nothing more than a large iPhone. A large iPhone that could not be used to make calls. Why would anyone want one? Within a month, a million had been sold. Plenty of people ...
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