How is the iPad going to be classified - as a mobile platform or a desktop platform?

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Published on 2010-04-06T17:28:23Z Indexed on 2010/04/06 17:33 UTC
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I sometimes use the following site to look at browser and OS trends http://gs.statcounter.com/. It got me thinking about how the iPad is going to be classified, as a mobile platform or a desktop platform, or is it going to spark a new category. Since it runs iPhone OS, it could be considered a mobile device, but I have a hard time with that because of the screen size.

What should iPad be classified as: Mobile, Desktop, or Other (Try to come up with a good name for Other)?

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