10-years ago, on January 27, 2010, Steve Jobs announced a third category of device in the middle, something that’s between a laptop and a smartphone.

Something that had to be better as browsing, email, photos, video, music, gaming, and eBooks. Something that had to be… the iPad.

And this is its history and secret origin.

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