Types of Tablets
There are three different types of tablets:
- Convertible: this tablet type is almost like a laptop. The main difference between the two is the convertible's capability to turn the screen 180 degrees and close on top of the keyboard witht he screen facing up.
- Slate: this tablet type is designed to be lightweight, sleek, and portable. The slate looks very similar to a bigger version of a PDA. Slates are fairly powerful PC Computers with a high level of functionality.
- Rugged: this tablet type is designed to be extremely durable. It's built with a shock-mounted internal hard drive and a protective shell that can handle almost any sudden drop. They are very functional computers for a person who needs to work in a place where accidents are likely to happen.
Tablet Timeline
31st Jul, 1888
Handwriting captured
U.S. Patent granted to Elisha Gray on electrical stylus device for capturing handwriting.
15th Dec, 1915
Handwriting continued
U.S. Patent on handwriting recognition user interface with a stylus.
27th Dec, 1942
Touchscreen envisioned
U.S. Patent on touchscreen for handwriting input
15th Jul, 1945
As We May Think
Vannevar Bush proposes the Memex, a data archiving device including handwriting input, in an essay 'As We May Think'.
1st Dec, 1957
The Styalator
Tom Dimond demonstrates the Styalator electronic tablet with pen for computer input and software for recognition of handwritten text in real-time.
1st Sep, 1961
RAND Tablet invented
The RAND Tablet is better known than the Styalator, but was invented later.
28th May, 1968
The Dynabook:
Alan Kay of Xerox PARC proposed a notebook computer, optionally using pen input, called the Dynabook: however the device is never constructed or implemented with pen input.
15th Aug, 1982
No need for keyboards
Pencept of Waltham, Massachusetts markets a general-purpose computer terminal using a tablet and handwriting recognition instead of a keyboard and mouse.
15th Jan, 1985
People and the Pencept
Pencept and CIC both offer PC computers for the consumer market using a tablet and handwriting recognition instead of a keyboard and mouse. Operating system is MS-DOS.
26th Jan, 1989
The GRiDPad
The first commercially available tablet-type portable computer was the GRiDPad from GRiD Systems, released in September. Its operating system was based on MS-DOS.
20th Sep, 1989
Computers go 'Freestyle'
Wang Laboratories introduces Freestyle. Freestyle was an application that would do a screen capture from an MS-DOS application, and let the user add voice and handwriting annotations. It was a sophisticated predecessor to later note-taking applications for systems like the Tablet PC.[30] The operating system was MS-DOS
13th Sep, 1991
The PenPoint OS
GO Corporation announced a dedicated operating system, called PenPoint OS, featuring control of the operating system desktop via handwritten gesture shapes.
29th Mar, 1993
IBM: Thinking outside
The IBM releases the ThinkPad, IBM's first commercialized portable tablet computer product available to the consumer market, as the IBM ThinkPad 750P and 360P
15th Jun, 1999
The QBE
The "QBE" pen computer created by Aqcess Technologies wins Comdex Best of Show.
29th Jan, 2001
Microsoft prototypes the tablet
Bill Gates of Microsoft demonstrates the first public prototype of a Tablet PC (defined by Microsoft as a pen-enabled computer conforming to hardware specifications devised by Microsoft and running a licensed copy of the "Windows XP Tablet PC Edition" operating system at Comdex.
21st Jul, 2006
Read it and Weep
On Disney Channel Original Movie, Read It and Weep, Jamie uses a tablet pc for her journal.
4th Apr, 2008
Touchscreen goes to court
The gesture features of the Windows/Tablet PC operating system and hardware were found to infringe on a patent by GO Corp. concerning user interfaces for pen computer operating systems.
15th Apr, 2009
Multi-touch is all the rage
Asus announces a tablet netbook, the EEE PC T91 and T91MT, the latter which features a multi-touch screen.
Handwriting captured
U.S. Patent granted to Elisha Gray on electrical stylus device for capturing handwriting.
15th Dec, 1915
Handwriting continued
U.S. Patent on handwriting recognition user interface with a stylus.
27th Dec, 1942
Touchscreen envisioned
U.S. Patent on touchscreen for handwriting input
15th Jul, 1945
As We May Think
Vannevar Bush proposes the Memex, a data archiving device including handwriting input, in an essay 'As We May Think'.
1st Dec, 1957
The Styalator
Tom Dimond demonstrates the Styalator electronic tablet with pen for computer input and software for recognition of handwritten text in real-time.
1st Sep, 1961
RAND Tablet invented
The RAND Tablet is better known than the Styalator, but was invented later.
28th May, 1968
The Dynabook:
Alan Kay of Xerox PARC proposed a notebook computer, optionally using pen input, called the Dynabook: however the device is never constructed or implemented with pen input.
15th Aug, 1982
No need for keyboards
Pencept of Waltham, Massachusetts markets a general-purpose computer terminal using a tablet and handwriting recognition instead of a keyboard and mouse.
15th Jan, 1985
People and the Pencept
Pencept and CIC both offer PC computers for the consumer market using a tablet and handwriting recognition instead of a keyboard and mouse. Operating system is MS-DOS.
26th Jan, 1989
The GRiDPad
The first commercially available tablet-type portable computer was the GRiDPad from GRiD Systems, released in September. Its operating system was based on MS-DOS.
20th Sep, 1989
Computers go 'Freestyle'
Wang Laboratories introduces Freestyle. Freestyle was an application that would do a screen capture from an MS-DOS application, and let the user add voice and handwriting annotations. It was a sophisticated predecessor to later note-taking applications for systems like the Tablet PC.[30] The operating system was MS-DOS
13th Sep, 1991
The PenPoint OS
GO Corporation announced a dedicated operating system, called PenPoint OS, featuring control of the operating system desktop via handwritten gesture shapes.
29th Mar, 1993
IBM: Thinking outside
The IBM releases the ThinkPad, IBM's first commercialized portable tablet computer product available to the consumer market, as the IBM ThinkPad 750P and 360P
15th Jun, 1999
The QBE
The "QBE" pen computer created by Aqcess Technologies wins Comdex Best of Show.
29th Jan, 2001
Microsoft prototypes the tablet
Bill Gates of Microsoft demonstrates the first public prototype of a Tablet PC (defined by Microsoft as a pen-enabled computer conforming to hardware specifications devised by Microsoft and running a licensed copy of the "Windows XP Tablet PC Edition" operating system at Comdex.
21st Jul, 2006
Read it and Weep
On Disney Channel Original Movie, Read It and Weep, Jamie uses a tablet pc for her journal.
4th Apr, 2008
Touchscreen goes to court
The gesture features of the Windows/Tablet PC operating system and hardware were found to infringe on a patent by GO Corp. concerning user interfaces for pen computer operating systems.
15th Apr, 2009
Multi-touch is all the rage
Asus announces a tablet netbook, the EEE PC T91 and T91MT, the latter which features a multi-touch screen.
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