computer hardware and software

A tablet PC is a wireless, portable personal computer with a touch screen interface. The tablet is typically smaller than a notebook computer but larger than a smartphone. The most common kind of tablet is the slate style, like Apple's iPad or Microsoft's Surface computer. Tablets have electronics integrated into the touch screen unit and lack a hardware keyboard. However, external keyboards are available for slate style tablets. Some keyboards also function as docks for the devices. The technology behind the Tablet PC is no doubt a result of the best and latest things which has made the use of the PC similar to that of a notebook. The user can easily open the PC, start it and begin his respective works of writing, recording, capturing photographs, sending and receiving mails etc. Mouse is not used in this computer as there are alternatives to the mouse that replaces the previous with far better effect. Instead of the mouse there is a touch pad in the Tablet PC which can be con...

In some applications, a keyboard is either unnecessary or a hindrance. For that reason, manufacturers have repeatedly offered tablet-style computers. These systems are like laptops without the keyboard. The top panel of the device consists solely of a large LCD panel. Except for a few buttons accompanying the screen, all input is accomplished via a stylus on a touch-sensitive panel that covers the tablet's screen. A number of tablet systems appeared on the market with much fanfare in the early 1990s, but none of them caught on with the public. Nevertheless, a handful of companies, such as Fujitsu, have continued to quietly offer tablets in the intervening years. In the fall of 2002, Microsoft launched a new initiative for tablets with a special version of its Windows operating system, dubbed Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. This operating system differs from the regular version of Windows XP in that it enables users to manipulate the Windows interface with a stylus and to en...