sonunigam (Love Geek): Apple's first tablet computer was the Newton Message Pad 100, introduced in 1993, which led to the creation of the ARM6 processor core with Acorn Computers. Apple also developed a prototype Power Book Duo-based tablet, the PenLite, but in order to avoid hurting Message Pad sales did not sell it. *
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sonunigam (Love Geek): Apple released several more Newton-based PDAs, and discontinued the last, the Message Pad 2100, in 1998. *
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sonunigam (Love Geek): With the success of the introduction of portable music player iPod in 2001, Apple re-entered the mobile-computing market in 2007 with the iPhone. Smaller than the iPad but featuring a camera and mobile phone, it pioneered the multitouch finger-sensitive touch screen interface of Apple's mobile operating system—iOS. By late 2009, the iPad's release had been rumored for several years. *
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sonunigam (Love Geek): Mostly referred to as "Apple's tablet", iTablet and iSlate were among the speculated names.The iPad was announced on January 27, 2010, by Steve Jobs at an Apple press conference at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco. *
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