A Wireless Portable Personal Computer with a touch screen interface.
The tablet form factor is typically smaller than a notebook computer but larger than a smart phone and
There are several styles of tablet.
- A Hybrid Tablet, sometimes referred to as a convertible or hybrid notebook, is like a regular notebook but with a removable display that functions independently as a slate.
- A Rugged Tablet is a slate-like model that is designed to withstand rough handling and extreme conditions. Rugged tablets are usually encased in a protective shell and have shock protected hard drives.
- A Slate Tablet, such as an I Pad, has electronics integrated into the touchscreen unit and lakhs a hardware keyword. However, external keyboards are available for slate tablets, some of which fuction as docks of devices.
- A Convertible Tablet typically has a display that rotates 180 degrees and can be folded to close screen up over the integrated keyboard. Convertible models may allow user input through a variety of methods in addition to the hardware keyboard, including natural handwriting with a stylus or digital pen and typing through a screen based software keyboard.
The idea of tablet computing is generally credited to Alan kay of Xerox, who sketched out the idea in 1971. the first widely-sold tablet computer was Apple Computer's Newton, which was not a commercial success.
Technological advances in battery life, display resolution, handwriting recognition software, larger memory and wireless internet access have since made tablets a viable computing option.
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