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A Short History of Tablet Computers Presented by Elevate, Inc.
The idea of thetablet computerismuch older than the recent explosion of devices might lead you to believe,though the technology has evolved a great deal over time. The first tablets were designed around the goal of allowing a person to enter commands by touching the screen with hands or a stylus, instead of using a keyboard and mouse. The first public demonstration of a tablet of that kind occurred in the 1960s, and development of the concept continued without widespread adoption throughout the rest of the 20th century. Apple released a tablet in 1993, while Microsoft tried to create a market for tablets as note-taking or fieldwork devices in the first years of the 21st century. Both families of tablets failed to gain much traction with consumers. Tablets really took off with the development of theApple iPadin 2010. Since then, tens of millions of tablet computers have been sold, and a multitude of devices have hit the market, many running on the Android operating system. Forecasters expect more than 62.5 million tablets to sell in 2011, which would comprise approximately 15% of the overall computer market. iPad 1 - Featuring Steve Jobs on two types of devices, public domain About Elevate, Inc.: Elevate, Inc., is one of the premier digital services providers in the nation. The company prides itself on providing excellent customer service and has pioneered the idea of “stacks,” network-agnostic groups of services that allow its customers to mix and match locally available infrastructures.Elevateis currently developing a tablet computer using theAndroid operating system, which the company expects to be the linchpin of its digital services platform. ...read more
By Elevate Inc. December 12, 2011