12. The iPad (2010)
12. iPad (2010)
With this 10-inch tablet, Apple finally cracked the code on the long-languishing tablet category. Along with other tablets, it is gradually replacing the laptop for many uses and is popular with everyone from kids to CEOs. Developers have created nearly 500, 000 apps for the iPad, far more than for any other tablet.
憑藉這款10英寸平板電腦,蘋果終于在長期低迷的平板領域取得了突破。iPad與其他平板電腦一起在許多用途方面正逐步取代筆記本電腦,從兒童到CEO,人人都對iPad愛不釋手。開發商已經為iPad開發了近50萬個應用,數量遠遠超過了其他任何一款平板電腦。
As I sign off from this column, I want to thank The Wall Street Journal for giving me the freedom to write these reviews all these years. And I especially owe great thanks to the readers who have followed my work. I am not retiring -- I will still be doing reviews on a new online site. And the Journal will continue to offer tech reviews, penned by talented successors, which will continue to guide readers as consumer technology evolves.
在告別本專欄之際,我想感謝《華爾街日報》這些年給了我撰寫這些評論文章的自由,尤其要感謝追隨本專欄的讀者們。我并不是退休——我將在一個新網站上撰文。《華爾街日報》將繼續發布由出色的繼任者撰寫的科技評論文章,隨著消費者技術的發展,繼續為讀者提供指南。
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