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the iPad has been a difficult device for Apple but changes due in iOS 9 which was just unveiled at the company's WWDC conference could give apple's tablet a much-needed shot in the arm revealed all the way back in 2010 the late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs promised that the iPad would fill the space between a smartphone and a laptop that vision resonated with shoppers and in 80 days Apple sold three million iPads sales continued to skyrockets but have declined more recently as smartphones became bigger and laptops became more portable apple's solution is to make the ipad a lot more computer-like with iOS 9 apple's tablet will get slide over which lets a second app occupy on-screen space without closing whatever you're running the more ambitious split view gives you simultaneous control of two windows which can be resized to fit your needs meanwhile you'll be able to size down video so they play in a smaller portion of the screen treat the iPads keyboard like a trackpad for easier cursor movement and text selection and there are even keyboard shortcuts for when you've got a physical keyboard connected hinting that there may be an official Apple iPad keyboard in the works the new ideas on show for the iPad aren't especially new and have been seen on rival tablets before but until now Apple has resisted making its tablets this computer liked the fact that these iOS 9 treats are only coming to the iPad shows Apple is keen to differentiate its tablets from its increasingly large phones and with the attractive split view feature only available on the iPad air 2 the company is generating reasons to upgrade if Apple's plan works this new computer iPad OS could turn things around for the faltering tablet Tim Cook and pals are still playing a dangerous game though by making the iPad less like an iPhone they're making it more like a Mac and if Apple continues to computerize its tablets it'll have to take care not to put people off buying it's more expensive laptops iOS 9 is expected to launch in a few months so stay tuned