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.

凭藉这款10英寸平板电脑，苹果终于在长期低迷的平板领域取得了突破。iPad与其他平板电脑一起在许多用途方面正逐步取代笔记本电脑，从儿童到CEO，人人都对iPad爱不释手。开发商已经为iPad开发了近50万个应用，数量远远超过了其他任何一款平板电脑。

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.

在告别本专栏之际，我想感谢《华尔街日报》这些年给了我撰写这些评论文章的自由，尤其要感谢追随本专栏的读者们。我并不是退休——我将在一个新网站上撰文。《华尔街日报》将继续发布由出色的继任者撰写的科技评论文章，随着消费者技术的发展，继续为读者提供指南。