How this Apple gadget that continues to be No. 1 in market, even 15 years after its launch failed to impress Microsoft founder Bill Gates

Just six months after the original iPad made its debut (January 27, 2010), Apple founder and the CEO Steve Jobs announced that Apple’s tablet already outsells the mighty Macintosh computer. During the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call, Jobs said Apple sold 4.19 million iPads during the previous three months, compared with 3.89 million Macs. The figure marked an improvement on the 3.3 million iPads Apple sold in the iPad’s first quarter on the market. By October 2010, the iPad became the fastest-selling electronics device of all time, beating the previous record holder (the DVD player) by a significant margin.
And iPad’s success continues, you cannot think about the tablet market without the Apple iPad. Apple is still the best selling brand when it comes to tablets. The Cupertino giant remains far ahead of the competition. As per latest Canalys report, Apple iPad dominates global tablet market with 42% share

When Bill Gates said: There’s nothing on the iPad that …

iPad is also an Apple gadget that Microsoft founder Bill Gates ‘famously’ got wrong. Bill Gates famously misjudged the potential of the Apple iPad. Just weeks after the iPad’s 2010 unveiling, Gates dismissed the device, claiming it offered nothing Microsoft should have pursued.
“You know, I’m a big believer in touch and digital reading, but I still think that some mixture of voice, the pen and a real keyboard — in other words a netbook — will be the mainstream on that,” Gates said. “So, it’s not like I sit there and feel the same way I did with my iPhone where I say, ‘Oh my God, Microsoft didn’t aim high enough.’ It’s a nice reader, but there’s nothing on the iPad I look at and say, ‘Oh, I wish Microsoft had done it.’”
Gates’ comments, reminiscent of Steve Ballmer’s dismissive laughter at the iPhone and Gates’ own prediction of the iPod’s failure, proved inaccurate.