After a lot of speculation and waiting Apple finally revealed a set of new iPads to the world a few weeks ago. While we still are waiting for the new iPad Mini we have gotten our hands on the new iPad Air and are putting it through the test to see if it is a worthy successor for the previous models. The new iPad Air comes with a much sleeker body as well as upgraded innards making it one of the best ~10 inch tablets available right now. The model we are testing today is the 16 GB WiFi-version that retails for $499.

I admit it. I was one of those who doubted that a tablet really was useful and would be successful. And I was wrong. There is a definitely use case for tablets both as entertainment products and in some cases even products for those who need to be productive.

The iPad has long been synonymous with tablets mainly because it started the tablet revolution, but also since Apple has managed to produce very good products. Lately though the market share has started to dip under the onslaught of Android tablets, and to a lesser extent, the Windows tablets. One could therefore argue that the new iPads are important for Apple to remain competitive.