Watch: Steve Jobs unveils the iPad, 11 years ago

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11 years ago today, the original iPad was introduced onstage by Steve Jobs at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco.

The iPad debuted with a 9.7-inch display, a single-core Apple A4 chip, up to 64GB of storage, 256MB of RAM, up to 10 hours of battery life, a 30-pin dock connector, and a headphone jack. The price started from $499 and went up to $629 for the cellular model.

iPad is our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price," said Jobs, in a press release on January 27, 2010. "iPad creates and defines an entirely new category of devices that will connect users with their apps and content in a much more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. — Steve Jobs

Full event: Just the iPad release (shortened version):

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Published to Apple Scoop on 29th January, 2021.