Apple’s new iPhone might be getting all of the attention, but the iPad deserves some love, too. It was 15 years ago that then-CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone’s bigger cousin, launching an entire new category in personal electronics.
His vision was for a lean-back device, something used mostly to consume content, like reading, surfing the web, watch movies. Now, with the latest iPadOS 26, the iPad is evolving into something different — and perhaps something more useful.
Marketplace’s Nova Safo spoke with Craig Grannell, who got early access to iPadOS 26 and wrote about the system’s laptop-like qualities for Wired.
“Apple Finally Destroyed Steve Jobs’ Vision of the iPad. Good” from Wired
“I Replaced My Mac With an iPad for an Entire Week. It Went as Well as You’d Expect” from Wired