Sunday, July 29, 2012

Tablet World-4: Evolution of Tablet PCs

I came across this interesting article on The Evolution of Tablets in Manorama Yearbook 2012.  I thought that I would share the main points with you (before I take up iPad).


1972 - Dynabook - Alan Kay invented the first Tablet, which remained a concept.  


1987 - Cambridge Z88 and Linus Write-Top.


1990 - GRIDPad 1910


1991 - HP 95LX


1992 - Grid 2260


1993 - Apple's Newton and Zoomer


1999 - Rocket eBook


2001 - Via Tablet 


2003 - FSC Lifebook


2005 - Nokia 770


2006 - Sony UX and Samsung Q


2007 - Amazon's Kindle and Apple's iPhone


2010 - Apple's iPad 1, Samsung's Galaxy Tab, Dell Streak, Viewsonic Videpad, OlivePad


2011 - iPad 2, Motorola Xoom, Blackberry Playbook, HP TouchPad, LG Optimus, HTC Flyer


Grateful thanks to Manorama Yearbook 2012.

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