 Toshiba Portege 3500 tablet PC, in tablet configuration.
 A Typical Tablet PC Screenshot A tablet PC is a notebook- or slate-shaped mobile computer. Its touchscreen or digitizing tablet technology allows the user to operate the computer with a stylus or digital pen instead of a keyboard or mouse. Pic of Toshiba Portege 3500 tablet PC, taken by Seth Ilys, 25 June 2004. ...
Pic of Toshiba Portege 3500 tablet PC, taken by Seth Ilys, 25 June 2004. ...
Download high resolution version (768x1024, 148 KB)A Screenshot of the new on screen entry programs in Tablet PC 2004. ...
Download high resolution version (768x1024, 148 KB)A Screenshot of the new on screen entry programs in Tablet PC 2004. ...
A mobile computer is any computing device intended to frequently move location while maintaining operation. ...
Podium touchscreen Touchscreens, touch screens, touch panels or touchscreen panels are display overlays which are typically either pressure-sensitive (resistive), electrically-sensitive (capacitive), acoustically-sensitive (SAW - surface acoustic wave) or photo-sensitive (infra-red). ...
A graphics tablet (or digitizing tablet) is a computer peripheral device that allows for a relatively simple method of inputing hand-drawn graphics or art into a computer in real time. ...
Styli used in writing in the Fourteenth Century. ...
A user can input text using the built-in handwriting recognition, on-screen (virtual) keyboard, speech recognition, or a physical keyboard (if available). Shorthand-like entry methods, which enable pen-driven input at touch-typing speeds, are also available, including AlphaTap and Shark. It has been suggested that on-line handwriting recognition be merged into this article or section. ...
// Speech recognition technologies allow computers equipped with a source of sound input, such as a microphone, to interpret human speech, for example, for transcription or as an alternative method of interacting with a computer. ...
Shorthand is a term referring to any abbreviated or symbolic writing method that improves speed of writing or brevity as compared to a standard method of writing the language. ...
Many Tablet PCs use a Wacom digitizer, which delivers pen-position input to the computer at a fast rate. Tablets with these digitizers project a small magnetic field above the screen that interacts with electronics in the tablet's stylus. The user therefore is able to rest their hand on the screen without affecting the image or mouse pointer; only movement of the stylus affects the mouse pointer. (However, due to interference from other electronics within a tablet PC, many models suffer from "jitter", which makes some tasks difficult, e.g. slowly drawing straight lines, or writing small characters.) UC Logic and Finepoint make similar digitizers. A Wacom Cintiq Monitor Wacom is the industry standard company for graphics tablets. ...
Tablet PCs became available to the general public with the introduction of Microsoft's Windows Tablet PC Edition in the fall of 2002. Before then they were used in small markets in industry, medicine, and government. Now they are used by students and many professionals.
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Slate Tablets that are only a screen with pen are called slates; they can use external wireless or USB keyboards. The most popular slates are manufactured by Motion Computing/Gateway Computers, Fujitsu, and HP/Compaq. LCD redirects here. ...
Wireless is an old-fashioned term for a radio receiver, referring to its use as a wireless telegraph; now the term is used to describe modern wireless connections such as in cellular networks and wireless broadband Internet. ...
Note: USB may also mean upper sideband in radio. ...
Motion Computing is a Tablet PC manufacturer formed in 2001. ...
Gateway, Inc. ...
Fujitsu (富士通) is a Japanese company specializing in semiconductors, computers (supercomputers, personal computers, servers), telecommunications, and services, and is headquartered in Tokyo. ...
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Convertible Tablet PCs that include a built-in keyboard are called convertibles or hybrids. Typically, the keyboard houses the motherboard and attaches to the display screen at a single joint that rotates 180° right to left and folds 180° forward and backward. The most popular convertible tablet PCs are manufactured by Acer and Toshiba. Acer (LSE: ACID) is a Taiwan-based company which by 2004 had grown to be one of the worlds top five branded PC vendors. ...
Toshiba Corporation (æ±èŠ, TÅshiba) (TYO: 6502) is a Japanese high technology electrical and electronics manufacturing firm, headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. ...
System Software Most tablet PCs run on the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system. Service Pack 2 includes Tablet PC Edition 2005 and is a free upgrade. Version 2005 brought improved handwriting recognition, and improved the Input Panel, allowing it to be used in almost every application. During CES 2005, Microsoft showed off features planned for a future upgrade. These included allowing users to ink directly on the desktop, enabling handwritten notes with increased visibility. Windows XP is a major revision of the Microsoft Windows operating system created for use on desktop and business computer systems. ...
An operating system is a program required for the user to manage the system and to run third-party application software for that system. ...
Running Linux on tablet PCs is another option. For some Linux distributions and some tablets this can be a tedious task unless buying tablet with Linux pre-installed, as on the early Lycoris Desktop/LX Tablet Edition. Linux initially lacked some basic tablet PC applications, but with the advent of the EmperorLinux Raven X41 Tablet [1] with handwriting recognition, Linux Tablets have improved significantly. Tux is the official Linux mascot. ...
Lycoris, formerly Redmond Linux Corp, was started in the year 2000 with a vision of making free software easy enough for anyone to use. ...
EmperorLinux, Inc. ...
A Linux tablet is a Tablet PC running a version of Linux as its operating system; currently most Tablet PCs run on Microsofts Windows XP Tablet Edition operating system. ...
Tablets such as the Hitachi VisionPlate are optionally shipped with Linux and can readily be used as wireless X terminals, freeing them from the requirements of actually running applications and, instead, allowing all of the resources of the VisionPlate to be used to display the graphic display portion of an application that is running somewhere on the local or wide area network. This has allowed the tablet to be used as a wireless graphics X terminal in vertical markets such as restaurant point of sale. KDE 3. ...
Tablets vs. Traditional Laptops
Advantages - Slate tablet PCs (or convertibles in slate mode) do not interrupt line of sight (e.g.: in business meetings) since they lie flat on the table
- Slates can be held in one arm while standing and giving a presentation
- Slates can be used much more 'humanistically', e.g. reading websites while lounging around
Disadvantages - Convertible Tablet PCs cost roughly $300 more than their non-tablet counterparts, although this premium will fall with time, possibly to $75 within two years [2].
- There is more strain on the hinge in convertible Tablet PCs, than there are on traditional laptops, which usually have two hinges.
- The size of Tablet PC screens currently peaks at about 14 inches.
Popular Models
Slate - Acer TravelMate C200
- HP Compaq TC1100
Convertible - Toshiba Portegé M200
- Lenovo ThinkPad X41
- Toshiba Satellite R15
- Toshiba Tecra M4
- Fujitsu LifeBook P1500
See also Desknotes are crosses between desktop computers and notebook computers, combining the main computer unit(i. ...
Microsoft OneNote 2003 is a tool for note-taking, information gathering, and multi-user collaboration by Microsoft. ...
External links - GottaBeMobile.com – news, reviews, and InkShows about Tablet PCs and Mobile PCs
- What Is New – news about tablet PCs
- Tablet PC Talk – news and forums on tablet PCs
- Tablet PC Buzz – discussion forum
- Tablet Questions – discussion forum
- Tablet-PC.com – discussion forum & tablet PC Store Germany
- Tablet PC Blogs – Join other Tableteers by creating your own Tablet PC Blog.
- TabletPC Post – software downloads
- Tablet PCs with Linux – installing Linux and tablet PC software
- Get that UC-Logic working under Linux!
- Google Directory for Tablet PCs
- The Student Tablet PC Blog – news and forums for students using tablet PCs
- The Tablet PC Show
- Tabletology.com – Useful and playful information about the everyday use of Tablet PCs by 2 women from Halifax, Canada.
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