What is a Tablet PC?

The first tablets or Tablet PCs were released in the year 2001 by Windows Company though that time they were not as popular as they are today.

Tablet PC is a type of notebook computer that has an LCD screen (look like a flat-panel portable PC similar in shape to a slate) on which the user can write using a special-purpose pen, or stylus. The handwriting is digitized and can be converted to standard text through handwriting recognition, or it can remain as handwritten text. The stylus also can be used to type on a pen-based key layout where the lettered keys are arranged differently than a QWERTY keyboard. Tablet PCs also typically have a keyboard and/or a mouse for input.

Modern Tablet PC is a relatively small PC that usually has a touch-screen with the 4-11 inch diagonal that allows working with the gadget without usual keyboard or mouse using fingers or stylus instead. Owing to its light weight, this device is easy to transport thus it can always be with you. Moreover as a rule it has the installed module of WI-FI and 3G that will help you to stay in touch with all the people you want. Furthermore the wireless connection to the Internet provides you with the opportunity to download different games, music and videos in no time. The growing number of tablets has 2 installed cameras, simplifying the communication via video connections or the exchange of the photos.

The developers of the operational systems also keep up with the modern trends. Every year they extend the range of capability of these devices. Even today the most advanced Tablet PCs on the market allow you to surf on the Internet easily, watch videos, read e-books, and socialize with your friends in the social networks. Nowadays the Tablet PCs are really popular and its popularity grows every day. This fact makes the leading electronics developers put the new models of this gadget on the market.

Compaq, Acer, Fujitsu, View Sonic and VIA Technologies are some of the firms that manufacture tablet PCs.