The ubiquitous Apple iPad

In the two years since the iPad has been on the market in April 2010, it has started to fulfill Steve Jobs’s dream of becoming integrated into just about every aspect of our daily lives — business, politics, education and entertainment. Apple unveiled the “new iPad” on Wednesday with tweaks to the device’s capabilities.

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Jan. 13, 2012.

An audience member uses his iPad to record video of Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney as he campaigned at the University of South Carolina in Aiken, S.C.

Charles Dharapak / AP

March 2, 2011

Former Apple chairman and CEO Steve Jobs stands under images of the iPad 2, left, and the iPad at an Apple event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts’ theater in San Francisco.

Jeff Chiu / AP

Feb. 15, 2012

Three-year-old Reco Capparelli uses an iPad during speech therapy with speech pathologist Nicole MacKinnon at Jefferson Preschool in Wheaton, Ill. Teachers of students with autism say it's the year of the iPad. The devices are being used more often for students with autism because they help nonverbal children communicate. They're also liked for their easy portability and the visual learning experiences they provide, educators say.

Daniel White / AP/Daily Herald

Dec. 15, 2011

Steven Isaac, CEO of TouchFire, holds his first product, a silicone overlay that goes on top of the virtual keyboard of an Apple iPad and allows typing that feels like a physical keyboard, in Seattle.

Ted S. Warren / AP

Sept. 28, 2011

Four students work on a spelling and word exercise using the iPad during Renee Wilberg's class at Fair Park Elementary School in West Bend, Wis.

John Ehlke / AP

May 31, 2011

Matt Steiger, of Hermosa Beach, Calif., orders his lunch using an iPad at Stacked restaurant in Torrance, Calif. Each table is equipped with an iPad for customers to order their food at the restaurant.

Jae C. Hong / AP

March 9, 2011

An Associated Press reporter demonstrates the Garage Band application on the Apple iPad 2 in San Francisco.

Jeff Chiu / AP

Jan. 25, 2012

A woman takes a photo with an iPad of Spain’s Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, right, and Peru's President Ollanta Humala during a joint press conference after a meeting at La Moncloa Palace in Madrid.

Antonio Heredia / AP

March 9, 2011

An Associated Press reporter demonstrates how to use the Apple iPad 2 with a smart cover in San Francisco.

Jeff Chiu / AP

This product image provided by Flipboard.com shows the Apple iPad displaying the Flipboard app.

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May 28, 2010

A customer plays a piano in the new iPad tablet at an Apple store in Barcelona.

Manu Fernandez / AP

May 3, 2010

A customer uses an Apple iPad on the first day of Apple iPad sales at an Apple store in San Francisco.

Paul Sakuma / AP

Jan. 3, 2012

Student Bryanna Valley holds an iPad autographed by former Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman Jr. during an event at Strong Foundations Charter School in Pembroke, N.H.

Matt Rourke / AP

June 24, 2010

The first cover for the Sports Illustrated iPad application is displayed on an Apple iPad.

Anonymous / AP

April 3, 2010

Jason Barefoot plays with Apple's new iPad at the Apple Store in San Diego.

Sandy Huffaker / AP

April 3, 2010

People look at the new Apple iPad on the first day of iPad sales at a Best Buy in Chicago.

Paul Beaty / AP

May 26, 2010

A person demonstrates the use of an Apple iPad displaying a Wired magazine app.

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March 1, 2012

People walk past an Apple billboard advertising the iPad 2 in downtown Shanghai.

Carlos Barria / Reuters

May 6, 2011

Customers try iPad tablets at an authorized Apple dealer in Changsha, China.

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Jan. 27, 2010

The iPad is shown after it was unveiled at the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Marcio Jose Sanchez / AP

June 7, 2010

Former Apple CEO Steve Jobs, with the Apple iPad displayed over his shoulder, delivers the keynote address during the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Paul Sakuma / AP

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