Apple released it's new iPad this week and it seemed to catch everybody off guard. Steve went public and stated that it was "the most important product he has ever developed". I spoke to a pretty tech-savvy friend who owns many Apple products and his comment was "Huh, I guess it solves a problem I never knew I had..." That pretty much sums up what the rest of the world seems to be saying.
Apple is one of the world's most innovative and progressive tech company and have taken us all by surprise many times over the years. One of my favorite quotes is by Alan Kay "The best way to predict the future is to invent it." I think Steve and Co. are doing just that with this new device. It functions much like an iPhone only bigger and has the same open source platform that allows developers to create apps for it. Apple just made it, but it will be We the People who will determine how to use it. This isn't another Newton but rather a bold move by Apple to be in a place where we'll all want to be soon enough. (and no, I do not work for Apple...)
