Making a saline water solution by dissolving table salt (NaCl) in water. The salt is the solute and the water the solvent. In chemistry, a solution is a homogeneous mixture composed of only one phase. In such a mixture, a solute is a substance dissolved in another substance, known as a solvent.
Yet the biggest difference between tablets is often the software that runs it. Apple iPads use only the Apple iOS operating system. Tablets produced by other manufacturers usually use the Android operating system or Microsoft Windows.
Price. When tablet shopping, one of the most apparent difference you will notice is the price tag of an iPad versus other tables. As of August 2011, Apple was selling the iPad 2 starting at $499, while many other tablets, though not all, boast price tags at around $300 or less.