Although the 1.5 pound iPad somewhat looks like an iPhone, which is built for the populace of Pandora, its main aim is to shrink the size of laptops. It symbolizes a striving thinking of how we use computers. Apple’s design expert, Jonathan Ive stated that the iPad is not just a cool way to amaze media and people, but also something that is paving a path of its own for the futuristic modes of computing.

The introduction of the new slim, tablet device, which would enable people to surf the internet, read books, compose emails, watch movies and play games, thrilled the people, who were present in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on January 27, 2010 to check out the new technology.

The truth is that the way we use computers is still unfashionable. Most of the software we use today had their birth in the pre-Internet age, when storage was at its best, machines ran thousands of times slower than now and applications were sold in shrink-wrapped boxes for hundreds of dollars.

With the iPad, Apple is creating its play to become the center of a post-PC age. But to attain success, it will have to outdo the other familiar powerhouses that are working to define and control the upcoming times.