About
The iPad is a tablet computing device created by Apple using the iOS mobile operating system, which is capable of running a variety of applications downloaded off the Apple App Store.
History
On January 27th, 2010, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the iPad at a press conference in San Francisco (shown below, left). In April, Wi-Fi and 3G versions of the device were released, selling over one million units by the following month. On March 2nd, 2011, Jobs unveiled the iPad 2, a thinner version of the tablet device with upgraded processors and cameras (shown below, right).
On October 23rd, 2012, Apple announced an updated 4th generation iPad with improved hardware and a 7.9 inch iPad Mini tablet. On October 22nd, 2013, Apple announced the iPad Air tablet equipped with a Retina Display. In October 2014, the iPad Air 2 and iPad Mini 3 devices were released.
iPad Pro
On September 9th, 2015, Apple announced the upcoming iPad Pro tablet device along with the Apple Pencil digital stylus (shown below).
Online Presence
On January 27th, 2010, the /r/ipad[2] subreddit was launched for discussions about the mobile device. On January 29th, YouTuber jacksfilms uploaded a parody of the iPad announcement titled “The Magical iPad” (shown below). Within six years, the video gained over 3.7 million views and 7,700 comments.
On October 29th, 2012, YouTuber JLE uploaded a parody promotional video for the iPad Mini (shown below, left). On November 2nd, YouTuber Tobuscus uploaded a parody commercial for the iPad mini (shown below, right). In three years, the videos gathered upwards of 2.7 million views and 4.6 million views respectively.
On September 10th, 2015, YouTuber Ben Bigg uploaded a parody video titled “WTF is an Apple Pencil,” which mocked the Apple Pencil device unveiled for the iPad Pro (shown below, left). That day, YouTuber jacksfilms uploaded a mock review for the iPad Pro (shown below, right).