Tablet PC

Tablet PC is a laptop - or a portable computer in the form of books. It has a touch screen or digital tablet technology that enables computer users to use a stylus or digital pen than a keyboard or computer mouse.

The term was popularized by Microsoft in 2001, but tablet PCs are now refers to any personal computer-sized tablets, even if not using Windows but other PC operating systems. Tablets can use the virtual keyboard and handwriting recognition for text input via the touch screen.

Software system
Microsoft Windows

After developing Windows for Pen Computing, Microsoft is developing support for tablet that can run Windows with the name of Microsoft's Tablet PC. According to Microsoft's definition of 2001, "Microsoft Tablet PC" pen-based and is an x86 PC that has the function of handwriting and voice recognition. Tablet PCs use the same hardware as regular laptops, but adds support for pen input. For specific support for pen input, Microsoft released Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Currently there are no special version of Windows Tablet but support is built for both Home and Business version of Windows Vista and Windows 7. Tablet running Windows to get additional functionality using the touch screen to input the mouse, handwriting recognition, and gesture support. After the Tablet PC, Microsoft's UMPC initiative announced in 2006 that brought Windows into a tablet form factor with a smaller and centered on the touch. It was relaunched in 2010 as Slate PC, to promote tablets running Windows 7, ahead of the launch of the Apple iPad. Slate PCs are expected to benefit from the progress of mobile devices that come from the success of netbooks.

While many tablet manufacturers to move to the ARM architecture with a lightweight operating system, Microsoft fixed in Windows. Although Microsoft has a Windows CE to ARM support he has been keeping the target market for Windows Mobile smartphone industry with new Windows-based and Windows CE 6, Windows Phone 7. Some producers, however, still showed a prototype-based tablet runs Windows CE common framework.

With a succession of Windows Vista, Tablet PC functionality no longer requires a separate edition. Tablet PC support is built into all editions of Windows Vista with the exception of Home Basic and Starter editions. This expands handwriting recognition, ink collection, and additional input methods to any computer running Vista even if the input device is an external digitizer, touch screen, or even a regular mouse. Vista also supports multi-touch and gestures (originally developed for Microsoft Surface version for Vista) and now used by the public with the release of multi-touch tablet. Windows Vista also significantly improve the handwriting recognition function with an introduction to handwriting recognition personalization tool should automatically handwriting learning tools.

The functionality of the tablet is available in all editions of Windows 7 except the Starter edition. It introduces a new Math Input Panel that recognize mathematical expressions and formulas handwriting, and integrated with other programs. Windows 7 also significantly improve pen input and handwriting recognition to be faster, more accurate, and supports more languages, including East Asian writing systems. Dictionary custom personalized help through specialized vocabulary (such as medical and technical terms), and predictive text input speed up the process to create activity records more quickly. Multi-touch technology is also available on some tablet PCs, enabling a more advanced interaction using gesture touch with your fingers as using a mouse. Problems may arise with tablet functionality of the OS.

Windows 7 that have the ability to touch built with Microsoft's Surface technology. It is a touch-centric movement and UI improvements to work with most computer touch today. Among the tablet PC was first launched in 2010 based on operating system Windows 7 is bModo12 of Galaxy.Windows bModo and Samsung has a history of tablet technologies including Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Tablet PC Edition is a superset of Windows XP Professional, tablet functionality to these differences, including alternate text input (Tablet PC Input Panel) and basic drivers for supporting the tablet PC specific hardware. Requirements to install Tablet PC Edition include a tablet digitizer or touchscreen devices, and hardware control buttons including shortcut keys Ctrl-Alt-Delete, scroll buttons, and at least one user-configurable application button.

Linux

One of the early implementation of the Linux tablet is ProGear by FrontPath. ProGear use a Transmeta chip and a resistive digitizer. ProGear originally came with a version of Slackware Linux, but then could be bought with Windows 98. Because the goal is a computer IBM compatible PC, Windows 98 can run many different operating systems. However, this device is no longer for sale FrontPath has ceased operations. It is important to note that the touch screen a lot of sub-notebook computers can run multiple Linux distributions with little customization. X.org now supports screen rotation and input via Wacom tablet drivers, and handwriting recognition software either from the Qt-based Qtopia and GTK +-based Internet Tablet OS provides a promising system of free and open source for development in the future. Open source software on Linux records including applications like Xournal (which supports the explanation PDF file), Gournal (note taking application based on Gnome), and Java-based Jarnal (that support handwriting recognition as a function of default). Before the arrival of such software, many users have to rely on on-screen keyboards and alternative text input methods like Dasher. There is a handwriting recognition program stand alone are available, CellWriter, which requires users to write letters separately in the box. A number of Linux OS-based project dedicated to tablet PCs. Because all this is open source, they are freely available and can be run or ported to the device in accordance with the design of the tablet PC. Maemo (turned into MeeGo in the year 2010), a Debian Linux graphical user environment, was developed for Nokia Internet Tablet devices (770, N800, N810 & N900). This is the fifth generation (5G), and has a wide array of applications available in both official repository and user supported. Ubuntu Netbook Remix edition, and sponsored by Intel's Moblin project, both have support for touch screen user interface is integrated into them. Canonical has hinted tablet support better integrated with the UI for Ubuntu 10:10. TabletKiosk is currently offering a hybrid digitizer / touch device running openSUSE Linux. This is the first device with this feature to support Linux.

Screen size trends

Like other portable computers, a bigger size brings usability easier but the portability of lower and higher power requirements. For current tablet computers, (not a tablet PC) common size is 10 "(Used by IPAD) or 7" (used by many tablets Android). Many manufacturers have a standard tablet PC in widescreen format 12 ", with a resolution of 1280x800 pixels. Fujitsu T5010 has a larger display, 13.3 ", but still running at a resolution of 1280x800 pixels.

History of the tablet PC

The following list represents some important basic history of tablet PCs:
Before the year 1950

1888: U.S. Patent granted to Elisha Gray on electric stylus device to capture handwriting.

1915: U.S. Patent on handwriting recognition user interface with a stylus.

1942: U.S. Patent on the touch screen for handwriting input.

1945: Vannevar Bush proposed the Memek, data archiving devices, including handwriting input, in an essay As We May Think

1950: Tom Dimond show Styalator electronic tablet with a pen to input computer and software for handwriting recognition in real-time text.
Beginning in the 1960s

RAND Tablet found. RAND Tablet is better known than Styalator, but were created later.
The late 1960s

Alan Kay of Xerox PARC proposed a notebook computer, can use pen input, called the Dynabook: but this device was never built or implemented with pen input.

1966: In the science fiction television series Star Trek, the crew of the ship carrying, a large electronic board wedge-shaped clamp, operated through the use of the stylus.

1982: Pencept of Waltham, Massachusetts market their computer terminals for a common purpose (general-purpose) using a tablet and handwriting recognition instead of keyboard and mouse. Cadre Systems to market the terminal point-of-sale Inforite using handwriting recognition and a small electronic tablet and pen.

1985: Pencept and CIC are both offering PCs for the consumer market using a tablet and handwriting recognition instead of keyboard and mouse. The operating system is MS-DOS.

1989: The first commercial portable computers are available in this type of tablet is GRiDPad of GRID Systems was released in September. The GridPad manufactured by Samsung, Samsung PenMaster modified from that never made it to commercial distribution. Operating system based on MS-DOS. Wang Laboratories introduced the Freestyle. Freestyle is an application that will do a screen capture from MS-DOS application, and let users add voice and handwriting explanation. Freestyle is a precursor which is then recorded as sophisticated applications for systems such as Tablet PCs. Operating system is MS-DOS In partnership with Fujitsu, Poqet Computer Corporation announced the arrival of the PC Poqet.
In the 1990s

1991: Pentop momentum was released. GO Corporation announced a special operating system, called OS PenPoint, showing the control of the desktop operating system through the signaling form of handwriting. NCR released the model 3125 pen computer running MS-DOS, OS or Windows Penpoint Pen. Apple Newton entered development, although ultimately became a PDA, a concept similar to the original hardware from a Tablet PC.

1992: GO Corporation sends OS PenPoint for general availability and IBM announced IBM 2125 pen computer (the first IBM model named "ThinkPad") in April. Microsoft released Windows for Pen Computing in response to OS PenPoint by GO Corporation.

1993: Fujitsu released a PC tablet pen Poqet first to use the integrated wireless LAN. Apple Computer announced the Newton PDA, also known as the Apple MessagePad, which includes handwriting recognition with a stylus. IBM released the ThinkPad, tablet portable computers from IBM's first commercially available for consumer market. AT & T introduced the EO Personal Communicator combines PenPoint with wireless communication. BellSouth released IBM Simon Personal Communicator, an analog phone using a display and touch screen. This phone does not support handwriting recognition feature, but users can write messages and send them as faxes on analog cell phone networks, including PDAs and Email features.

1999: "QBE" computer pen created by Aqcess Technologies won the Best Show Comdex.
In the 2000s

2000: PaceBlade develop the first device that complies with the Microsoft Tablet PC and receive the best hardware award at VAR Vision 2000. Pen computer "QBE Vivo" made by Aqcess Technology get Comdex Best of Show.

2001: Bill Gates of Microsoft showed the first public prototype of a Tablet PC (defined by Microsoft as a pen-computer allows hardware specifications created by Microsoft and running a licensed copy of the operating system "Windows XP Tablet PC Edition") at Comdex.

2003: PaceBlade awarded the "Innovation des Jahres 2002/2003" for the Tablet PC Professionell PaceBook from PC Magazine at Cebit Fingerworks developing touch technology and a touch of movement which is then used in Apple's iPhone.

2006: Samsung introduces the Samsung Q1 UMPC. Windows Vista was released for general availability. Vista includes Tablet PC functionality special edition of Windows XP. On the Disney Channel Original Movie, Read It and Weep, she uses a Tablet PC for the journal.

2007: Axiotron Modbook introduced, the computer (and only) the first tablet based Mac hardware and Mac OS X at Macworld.

2008: In April 2008, as part of a federal court case of the larger, feature gestures and hardware operating systems Windows / Tablet PCs are found violating the patent by GO Corp. about a user interface for computer operating system pen. Acquisition of Microsoft technology is the subject of separate lawsuits. HP Multi-Touch release tablets second: tx2 HP TouchSmart series.

2009: Asus announce a netbook tablet, EEE PC T91 and T91MT, the latter of which is equipped with multi-touch screen. Always Innovating announce new netbook tablet with the ARM CPU. Motion Computing launches J3400.

2010: launch MobileDemand xTablet T7000 Rugged Tablet PC running Windows OS and complete features include an integrated numeric keyboard, barcode scanner, credit card reader, etc. Apple introduced the iPad, run Apple's IOS. Quaduro Systems introduces 10 "QuadPad 3G Plus, 900 grams 3G Microsoft Windows-based tablet PC with 8 hours of battery life. Samsung introduced the Galaxy Tab, running Google Android. BModo launched bModo12 running Windows 7 OS and features including TFT-LCD 11.6 ", 3G, Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth ® 2.1, USB 2.0, SDHC slot, SIM card slot is not locked, the connector miniHDMI, OMTP Jack, webcam, mic, etc. WeTab Neofonie release, tablet PC to write based MeeGo, featuring multi-touch screen 11.6 inches at a resolution of 1366 × 768 pixels. Dixons Retail plc introduce Advent Vega, tablet PC 10 "which run Android 2.2, the NVIDIA Tegra chipset 1 GHz, 512 Mb RAM and ROM, 1.3 MP camera, WiFi connectivity b / g, Bluetooth 2.1, micro SD card slot, USB port and battery life of up to 16 hours of audio playback and 6.5 hours for video to 1080p. Dell Inspiron announce Netbook flip Duo hybrid Screen and Tablet PC HP released Slate 500, which runs a full version of Windows 7

2011: Motorola announces Xoom Tablet, tablet, 10 inches, supported by the Android version 3.0 which will come, that the Asus EEE announced Honeycomb memo pad (tablet 7 inches), EEE Slate EP121 (tablets Windows 7), EEE Transformer Pad (10 inch tablet with Android) and EEE Pad Slider (10-inch tablet with sliding screen top, a QWERTY keyboard) [all tablets using IPS display] Dell displays a tablet Streak 7 and said it worked on Streak 10 inches 10 Apple announced two iPad