iPad

Developer	Apple Inc.
Manufacturer	Foxconn (on contract) Pegatron
Type	Tablet computer
Release date	Depends on model Core (1st gen): April 3, 2010 (2010-04-03) Core (2nd gen): March 11, 2011 (2011-03-11) Core (3rd gen): March 16, 2012 (2012-03-16) Core (4th gen): November 2, 2012 (2012-11-02) Core (5th gen): March 24, 2017 (2017-03-24) Core (6th gen): March 27, 2018 (2018-03-27) Core (7th gen): September 25, 2019 (2019-09-25) Core (8th gen): September 18, 2020 (2020-09-18) Core (9th gen): September 24, 2021 (2021-09-24) Air (1st gen): November 1, 2013 (2013-11-01) Air (2nd gen): October 22, 2014 (2014-10-22) Air (3rd gen): March 18, 2019 (2019-03-18) Air (4th gen): October 23, 2020 (2020-10-23) Air (5th gen): March 18, 2022 (2022-03-18) Mini (1st gen): November 2, 2012 (2012-11-02) Mini (2nd gen): November 12, 2013 (2013-11-12) Mini (3rd gen): October 22, 2014 (2014-10-22) Mini (4th gen): September 9, 2015 (2015-09-09) Mini (5th gen): March 18, 2019 (2019-03-18) Mini (6th gen): September 24, 2021 (2021-09-24) Pro (1st gen): November 11, 2015 (2015-11-11) Pro (2nd gen): June 13, 2017 (2017-06-13) Pro (3rd gen): November 7, 2018 (2018-11-07) Pro (4th gen): March 25, 2020 (2020-03-25) Pro (5th gen): May 21, 2021 (2021-05-21)
Discontinued	Depends on model Core (1st gen): March 2, 2011 (2011-03-02) Core (2nd gen): March 18, 2014 (2014-03-18) Core (3rd gen): October 23, 2012 (2012-10-23) Core (4th gen): October 16, 2014 (2014-10-16) Core (5th gen): March 27, 2018 (2018-03-27) Core (6th gen): September 10, 2019 (2019-09-10) Core (7th gen): September 15, 2020 (2020-09-15) Core (8th gen): September 14, 2021 (2021-09-14) Air (1st gen): March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21) Air (2nd gen): March 21, 2017 (2017-03-21) Air (3rd gen): September 15, 2020 (2020-09-15) Air (4th gen): March 8, 2022 (2022-03-08) Mini (1st gen): June 19, 2015 (2015-06-19) Mini (2nd gen): March 21, 2017 (2017-03-21) Mini (3rd gen): September 9, 2015 (2015-09-09) Mini (4th gen): March 18, 2019 (2019-03-18) Mini (5th gen): September 14, 2021 (2021-09-14) Pro (1st gen): June 5, 2017 (2017-06-05) Pro (2nd gen): March 18, 2019 (2019-03-18) Pro (3rd gen): March 18, 2020 (2020-03-18) Pro (4th gen): April 20, 2021 (2021-04-20)
Units sold	500 million (as of 2020)
Operating system	iOS (2010–2019) iPadOS (2019–present)
Connectivity	WiFi and cellular
Online services	iTunes Store App Store iCloud Apple Books Podcasts Apple Music Apple Wallet
Related articles	iPhone, iPod Touch (Comparison)
Website	apple.com/ipad

The iPad is a small tablet computer made by Apple Inc. Apple first showed it on January 27, 2010. It is larger than a smartphone and smaller than a laptop computer. It has a multiple touch interface (use two or more fingers to do certain things). It is different than a laptop in that it doesn't have a keyboard. Instead, it has a "virtual keyboard" using the touch screen, and a physical keyboard can be added. It doesn't have Adobe Flash. This keeps it from crashing, but some websites will not display correctly. Until iOS 9, also you cannot have multiple windows open at the same time and drag and drop things between them.