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A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a mobile device, typically with a mobile operating system and touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single, thin and flat package.
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A tablet computer (sometimes called a tablet) is a type of computer that can be carried easily. Unlike a laptop it has no physical keyboard or trackpad, though users sometimes add those things. [1] Users control a tablet mostly by using its touchscreen with multi-touch technology similar to a smartphone.
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- Dynabook. 1968. Imagine a pad-like computer no larger than a notebook that weighs less than 4 pounds, works via a touchscreen with a floating keyboard, connects to the Internet, and costs about $500.
- Apple Bashful. 1983. Apple must indeed have been shy about its tablet called Bashful, because it never got released. Photos of the prototype—and add-ons, like a keyboard, stylus, floppy drive, phone, and handheld carry-case—were revealed last year by design collaborator Frog Design.
- GRiD Systems GRiDPad. 1988. If the Gridpad looks like a prototype for the Palm, there's good reason. They share the same progenitor: Jeff Hawkins, a chief propagator of pen-based computing who went on to found Palm Computing and then Handspring.
- Wang Laboratories Freestyle. 1989. Wang Laboratories joined the tablet market with a stylus-based system that let users write on any file or annotate it with voice notes via a phone handset and then send the document off by email.
Learn about the history, features, and applications of tablet computers, devices that are intermediate in size between laptops and smartphones. Compare different models, such as the iPad, the Z88, and the Galaxy Tab, and explore their impact on various fields.
Mar 3, 2014 · The History of Tablet Computers: A timeline. Today's tablet landscape is dominated by Apple's iPad and Android devices from Samsung, Google and others, with Windows-based tablets from Microsoft...
