INTRODUCTION

A tablet computer, or a tablet, is a mobile computer,

larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen rather than using a physical keyboard. It often uses an onscreen virtual keyboard, a passive stylus pen, or a digital pen.
The more general term is Pen computer or Pen computing.

HISTORICAL OVERVIEW
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TECHNOLOGICAL OVERVIEW
Traditional tablet PCs A tablet personal computer (tablet PC) is a portable

personal computer equipped with a touchscreen as a primary input device, and running a modified desktop OSdesigned to be operated and owned by an individual.

 "Post-PC" tablets
Since mid-2010, new tablet computers have been

introduced with mobile operating systems that forgo the Wintel paradigm,have a different interface instead of the traditional desktop OS, and represent a new type of computing device.

components

KEY FEATURES
OPERATING SYSTEMS (OS)
TOUCH SCREEN MULTI TOUCH SENSE VIRTUAL KEY BOARD ABILITY TO CONNECT DIFFERENT FORMS OF NETWORK

OPERATING SYSTEMS
Android from GOOGLE (free and open source)
Android was developed by a small startup company that

was purchased by Google Inc Android 3.0 was a tablet-oriented release and does not officially run on mobile phones. The current Android version is 4.0. Android releases are nicknamed after sweets or dessert items like Cupcake (1.5), Frozen Yogurt (2.2), Honeycomb (3.0), and Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0).

 iOS from Apple Inc. (closed source, proprietary, on top

of open source Darwin core OS) The Apple iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad, and secondgeneration Apple TV all use an operating system called iOS, which is derived from Mac OS X. Native third party applications were not officially supported until the release of iOS 2.0 on July 11th 2008. Before this, "jailbreaking" allowed third party applications to be installed, and this method is still available.

 bada from Samsung Electronics (closed source,

proprietary) This is a mobile operating system being developed by Samsung Electronics. With the phone, Samsung also released an app store, called Samsung Apps, to the public. It has close to 3000 mobile applications.

 Windows Phone from Microsoft (closed source,

proprietary) On February 15th, 2010, Microsoft unveiled its nextgeneration mobile OS, Windows Phone. The new mobile OS includes a completely new over-hauled UI inspired by Microsoft's "Metro Design Language".

FUTURE BEYOND OPERATING SYSTEMS

Aliyun OS from Alibaba/AliCloud (cloud based)
AliCloud's operating system revolves around the idea of

bringing cloud functionality to the mobile platform. According to the company, Aliyun will feature cloudbased e-mail, Web search, weather updates, and GPS navigation tools.
Windows 8 from Microsoft (closed source, properitary)

Microsoft announced that Windows 8 will support tablet devices as well as PCs

TOUCH SCREEN
Touchscreens are usually one of two forms;

Resistive touchscreens
Capacitive touchscreens e

 MULTI-TOUCH SENSE: In computing, multi-touch refers to a touch sensing surface's

(track pad or touchscreen) ability to recognize the presence of two or more points of contact with the surface. This pluralpoint awareness is often used to implement advanced functionality such as pinch to zoom or activating predefined programs.

VIRTUAL KEY BOARD: A virtual keyboard is a software component that allows a user

to enter characters. A virtual keyboard can usually be operated with multiple input devices, which may include a touchscreen, an actual keyboard and a computer mouse.

TYPES OF TABLETS

SLATES
Slates, are tablet PCs without a dedicated keyboard. Keyboards can usually be attached via a wireless or USB

connection. These tablet PCs typically incorporate small (8.4-14.1 inches/2136 cm) LCD screens. Slate models are often designed with a focus on pure mobility, that is, the less to care, the better.

CONVERTIBLES

base body with an attached keyboard. They more closely resemble modern notebooks/laptops, usually heavier and larger than slates. swivel hinge or rotating hinge. The joint allows the screen to rotate around 180 and fold down on top of the keyboard to provide a flat writing surface. Using the display mode works well when diagrams or handwritten notes are being taken

HYBRIDES
Hybrids, share the features of the slate and convertible by

using a detachable keyboard which operates in a similar fashion to a convertible when attached.

OTHER FEATURES
Accelerometer Storage drive 3D

Docking station
Wireless

Tablet use in world

Research highlights

Worldwide Tablet PC sale is expected to reach 100 Million Units by 2015 Worldwide Tablet PC market size was nearly US$ 9 Billion in 2010. US and Western Europe together holds 75% of unit sales share in 2010, year. Japan Tablet PC market will be over JPY 140 Billion in 2015.

49 % respondents plans on purchasing tablet PCs for employee use 64 %- add value to their existing PC and desktop environment 58% - are planning to purchase a tablet PC for personal use in 2011
China Tablet PC Market Survey Report, 2010-2011 Research Report on Global and Chinese Tablet Computer Markets, 2011-2012 by China Research and Intelligence Co., Ltd. In 2010, Apples iPad tablet computers aroused great attention in international IT market as well as Chinese tablet computer market without exception.

advantages
1.Extend the Way Work with PC
2.Connect and Work from Anywhere with the Most effective

Mobile PC Ever 3.Take All Notes Electronically 4.Collaborate Easily and Effectively 5.Current tablets typically have longer battery life than laptops or not books. 6.Take nodes in your own hand writing with handwriting recognition technology 7.The ability for easier or faster entry of diagrams, drawing and creative work can be done 8.very useful in multimedia, animation and gaming industry

disadvantages
Higher price

Input speed
Ergonomics problem. The screen risk is present.

conclusion
It is the biggest step in business science, undoubtedly

incredible but it wants lot of human efforts & money.

It provides different style of writing for every user & provide

more user friendly environment operated on various operating systems ,with touch screen interface.

references
Microsoft Tablet PC Overview.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms840465.aspx "Tablet PC Brings the Simplicity of Pen and Paper to Computing. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2000/nov00/11

13tabletpc.mspx. "Live from Steve Ballmer's CES 2010 keynote. http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/06/live-from-steve-ballmers-ces-2010keynote/. "Ballmer Admits Apple is Beating Microsoft in the Tablet Sector. http://www.dailytech.com/Ballmer+Admits+Apple+is+Beating+Microsoft+in+ the+Tablet+Sector/article19215.htm. Windows 7 is not yet optimized for fingertip events - 2010-09-24 Windows 7 will not be optimized for slates; that will have to wait for Windows 8