When the first iPad was launched in 2010, it quickly changed the way we use mobile devices. With the launch of the iPod and iPhone, Apple became synonymous with quality and simple but intuitive design. With its Mac line of PCs and laptops, Apple also became synonymous with high price tags. In 2010, the iPad's launch price of $499 was lower than many expected.
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The history of the iPad
Netflix announced an app aimed at streaming content the day before the iPad was released. The Netflix app didn't come to the iPhone until later that year, and it wasn't available on the Android platform until over a year after the iPad was released.
Netflix's support for the iPad was a demonstration that the industry would not just port apps to the iPad, but would design them specifically for the larger device, an asset that has helped the iPad remain on top.
In late 2010, Apple released iOS 4.2.1, which added key features to the iPad that had been introduced on the iPhone earlier that summer. Among these features were limited multitasking, which allowed music to play in the background while using another app among other tasks, and the ability to create folders.
