It most certainly wasn't.
iPhone gloating
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It was no accident that when Steve Jobs first demonstrated the iPad, he was sitting, cross-legged, in an easy chair. Anyone who ever tried to do the same with a laptop was struck at how appealing that scene was. The iPad offers the Internet that people want in a cozy, book-like form factor.
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Do you remember how everyone though it was weird thatSteve sat down in a chair to do this demos at the original iPad launch....Sent from my iPad