What is tablet PC?
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A tablet PC is usually a fully functional laptop PC, equipped with a stylus and, often, a touch screen. This form factor is intended for mobility where laptops/notebooks may be impractical or unwieldy, or do not provide the needed functionality. The term tablet PC was made popular in a product announced in 2001 by Microsoft. It was a pen-enabled computer conforming to hardware specifications devised by Microsoft and running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition OS. |
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| 2011-03-30 | Limited BT resin restart to affect tablet production Mitsubishi Gas Chemical is aiming to regain just 25 percent of its pre-earthquake capacity for BT resin by April, which could affect the manufacture of tablets and smartphones. |
| 2012-06-01 | LG, Samsung rule 2011 tablet display market IHS iSuppli revealed LG Display and Samsung Display held 46 and 35 percent of the market, respectively, with the rest of the 81 million-unit market split by six other suppliers. |
| 2011-10-04 | Kindle Fire adds spice to tablet wars Kindle fire brings a welcome competition to the Apple-dominated tablet market, but it may also challenge opportunities for Taiwan system builders trying to make a mark in the new mobile market. |
| 2010-01-29 | iPad tablet, anyone? Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs unveiled iPad, a tablet-style mobile computer, thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook. |
| 2012-10-25 | iPad mini to double 7in tablet market in 2012, 2013 Global sales of tablets with displays in the 7in size range are expected to boom by about 100 per cent this year to 34 million units, up from 17 million in 2011. |
| 2012-08-27 | iPad boosts LGD's tablet panel sales in Q2 The company's tablet panel revenue reached $610 million, indicating a 126 percent improvement from $270 million in Q1. |
| 2012-08-15 | iPad asserts tablet market dominance amid court battle IHS iSuppli named Apple's iPad as the leading tablet device in the market today with 70 percent share. |
| 2013-05-07 | Interface ICs from TI ease tablet design The TCA8424 claims to provide a seamless way to interface keyboards with Windows 8-based systems, while the SN65DSI85 makes it easier for designers to connect graphics processors to LCD panels. |
| 2007-02-27 | Intel, Motion Computing introduce medical tablet PC Intel and Motion Computing partnered to deliver C5, the portable PC which uses Intel's first healthcare platform, the mobile clinical assistant. |
| 2012-09-18 | Intel pitches Haswell as next-gen tablet platform Intel EVP confirms that its fourth-generation core processor Haswell is capable of supporting tablets and convertible PCs. |
| 2013-05-02 | Intel making mark in tablet arena Intel's market share shot up from zero to around 7 per cent thanks to Windows 8 tablets doing unexpectedly well. |
| 2013-01-09 | Ingenic arms tablet SoC with MIPS, imagination graphics Ingenic Semiconductor has debut a dual-core MIPS-based apps processor and plans to demonstrate it in a 10-inch Android tablet during the Consumer Electronics Show. |
| 2010-06-07 | IDC: Media tablet shipments to hit 46M by 2014 International Data Corp. (IDC) forecasts that worldwide media tablet shipments will grow from 7.6 million units in 2010 to more than 46 million units in 2014, representing CAGR of 57.4 percent. |
| 2012-11-07 | IDC: Apple slowly losing grip on tablet market Samsung, Amazon, ASUS and Lenovo gained market share at the expense of Apple, IDC reports. |
| 2010-01-12 | IC firms wait to ride Apple tablet wave Rumors are rampant that Apple will soon launch a mobile tablet computer, with many saying it will happen later this month and much of the buzz out of the CES is about devices that adopt the tablet. |
| 2011-02-14 | HP joins mobile race with smartphones, tablet HP's tablet and smartphones should help the company position itself as a player in mobile devices beyond the notebook PC. But HP will have to compete against top players and products already on the market. |
| 2010-12-06 | How to succeed in tablet PC design The two keys to successful tablet PC design are enhanced USB connectivity and off-loading data tasks from the CPU. |
| 2012-06-28 | Google enters tablet space with 7-inch media device The Nexus 7 features an Nvidia Tegra 3 chipset, including a quad-core CPU and a 12-core GPU, along with a 1280 x 800 HD display |
| 2011-01-24 | Global tablet sales totaled 17 million units in 2010 Almost 17 million tablet computers were sold in 2010, a figure that could grow to 44.6 million in 2011 and 70.8 million in 2012. Growth contributors include the rise of tablets based on other OS, price and feature competition, and stronger consumer and commercial demand. |
| 2012-09-27 | Global tablet market to grow 29% year-over-year, says study Worldwide tablet market revenues at $32 billion in 2011 are anticipated to reach $40.4 billion in 2012 and $181.5 billion by 2018. |
| 2011-06-07 | FBR: Media tablet production to decrease significantly An analyst from FBR Capital Markets believes that the tablet bubble has reached its saturation and predicts significant decrease in media tablet production this year. |
| 2012-12-06 | Excite 10 SE tablet features Tegra 3 processor Toshiba has recently announced the availability of their Android powered tablet which features Nvidia's Tegra 3 quad-core processor and an AutoBrite HD touchscreen display. |
| 2012-07-20 | Examining Google's Nexus 7 tablet UBM TechInsights tore down Google's Nexus 7 tablet and found a few new chip vendors not normally found in high-end consumer devices. |
| 2011-10-13 | Enterprise tablet touts secure OS, rugged design Motorola Solutions' ET1 sports a Corning Gorilla glass and runs on a modified Android OS. |
| 2012-02-06 | Emerging markets bolster tablet demand The evolution of the tablet platform leading to higher pixel densities and better performance are also driving tablet market growth. |
| 2002-10-31 | eGalax ships touchscreen controller for Tablet PCs eGalax Inc. has announced the availability of its touchscreen controller solution for the Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. |
| 2012-11-26 | Demand surge to boost SEA laptop, tablet markets From 1Q-3Q, consumers across six key markets in Southeast Asia spent more than $4.72 billion on about 8.8 million tablets and laptops, reflecting a growth of 12 per cent in value from last year. |
| 2007-12-13 | Dell aims touchscreen tablet PC at Gen Y workers Dell this week rolled out its first tablet PC, saying that businesses are ready to consider more flexible types of computers for employees who belong to the twenty-something group or the so-called Gen Y. |
| 2013-04-03 | China tablet, cellphone makers doubled their MEMS sensor purchases The purchasers fell into two groups: the first typified by big companies such as ZTE, Huawei Technologies, Lenovo and Coolpad; and the second made up of a multitude of smaller players, according to Jérémie Bouchaud, director and senior principal analyst for MEMS & sensors at IHS. |
| 2012-02-15 | Business use bolsters tablet market Corporate uses of tablets include email/calendar management, note taking and presentations, with 77 percent reporting email as a common workplace use. |
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