the first tablet computer came out in 1956.
the first tablet computer came out in 1956.
when did the first tablet computer come out?
1956
the tablet computer and the associated special operating software is an example of pen computing technology, and the development of tablets has deep historical roots. the first patent for a system that recognized handwritten characters by analyzing the handwriting motion was granted in 1914. the first publicly demonstrated system using a tablet and handwriting text recognition instead of a keyboard for working with a modern digital computer dates to 1956.









































section::::early tablets.:fictional and prototype tablets.
history of tablet computers
the tablet computer market was reinvigorated by apple through the introduction of the ipad device in 2010. while the ipad places restrictions on the owner to install software thus deviating it from the pc tradition, its attention to detail for the touch interface is considered a milestone in the history of the development of the tablet computer that defined the tablet computer as a new class of portable device, different from a laptop pc or netbook. a wifi-only model of the tablet was released in april 2010, and a wifi+3g model was introduced about a month later, using a no-contract data plan from at&t. since then, the ipad 2 has launched, bringing 3g support from both at&t and verizon wireless. the ipad has been characterized by some as a tablet computer that mainly focuses on media consumption such as web browsing, email, photos, videos, and e-reading, even though full-featured, microsoft office-compatible software for word processing (pages), spreadsheets (numbers), and presentations (keynote) were released alongside the initial model. one month after the ipad's release apple subsidiary filemaker inc. released a version of the bento database software for it. with the introduction of the ipad 2 apple also released full-featured first party software for multi-track music composition (garageband) and video editing (imovie). as of the release of ios 5 in october 2011, ipads no longer require being plugged into a separate personal computer for initial activation and backups, eliminating one of the drawbacks of using a non-pc architecture-based tablet computer.
history of tablet computers