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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| 2012-11-20 | Compact fuel cell target smart phones, portable devices The newly developed fuel cells are said to overcome the drawbacks of dry cells, lithium-ion cells, and direct methanol fuel cells. |
| 2010-06-08 | Coming soon: Atom processors for tablets Intel Corp. disclosed at Computex plans for next-generation Atom processor for tablets and netbooks. |
| 2012-07-24 | China's domestic chipset vendors ramping up shipments China-based vendors are ramping up their shipments to local white-box tablet PC vendors, cutting out Taiwan-based VIA technologies. |
| 2011-01-05 | China connection boosts MIPS' mobile penetration The connection represented by MIPS-Ingenic-Velocity Micro illustrates an emerging paradigm in the consumer electronics market: A China-developed processor is driving a host of new consumer devices, while a big ODM community based in greater China (i.e. Foxconn) designs and manufactures them, which are, then, promoted by U.S.-based marketing companies like Velocity Micro, who cultivate channel connections with top retailers. |
| 2013-01-14 | CES 2013's Android connection The Android OS may have been designed primarily for mobile devices but it has since crossed over to other realms of consumer electronics as evidenced during CES 2013. |
| 2011-11-04 | Branded NAND flash sales up 28% QoQ Quarterly sales ranking of NAND flash makers places Samsung at the top, followed by Toshiba, and Hynix at third. |
| 2012-11-08 | Basic iPad mini carries $188 BOM, says IHS report The latest IHS iSuppli teardown analysis found that the base model of the iPad mini carries a bill of materials of $188.00. |
| 2012-01-19 | Audio processor incorporates MEMS microphones ST's Smart Voice device integrates an acoustic processing core with a tunable 10-band equalizer, a peak limiter, and gain and volume controls for mobile devices. |
| 2012-04-18 | Audio amp promises clearer sound, longer battery life Fairchild's FAB3103 2.3W class-D audio amplifier that features integrated boost regulator and battery automatic gain control is geared for mobile handsets and tablets. |
| 2011-02-16 | Atmel, Nvidia design kit enables next-gen mobile devices Nvidia's Tegra 2 ARM-based processor and Atmel's mXT1386 touch-screen chipset will help OEMs fast-track development of Android-based smartphones, tablet PCs and other mobile Internet devices. |
| 2011-10-27 | ARM flexes its way thru 2013 A recent forecast details the shipments of ARM processor-based tablets would hit 59.9 million units by the end of the year. |
| 2012-03-09 | Apps processor market snubs Intel, Qualcomm Apple leads the tablet CPU market with 59 percent share, while TI and Nvidia tail behind, both in second place. |
| 2012-08-28 | Apple, Samsung each score home court win in patent suit U.S. court ruled in favor of Apple saying it did not infringe on Samsung design and utility patents while South Korea judges say otherwise. |
| 2012-07-27 | Apple tops global chip purchasing Securing its influence over the electronics supply chain worldwide, Apple this year is expected to buy nearly $28 billion worth of semiconductors, up 15 percent from $24 billion last year. |
| 2012-10-24 | Apple reveals slightly bigger iPad Mini Apple officially unveiled the new iPad Mini in time for the upcoming holidays as it seeks to go head to head with rival tablets. |
| 2011-11-28 | Apple picks Sharp as LCD supplier The iPad-maker has diversified its component suppliers to include Sharp, which makes LCDs for tablets, smartphones and flat TVs. |
| 2011-08-23 | Apple leapfrogs HP in mobile PC Apple's 136 percent YoY shipment growth for the second quarter of 2011 elbows HP out of the top spot in the mobile PC market, says DisplaySearch. |
| 2012-02-28 | Apple leads in mobile PC shipments Included in the top five are HP, Dell, Acer and Lenovo where total mobile PC shipments increased 12 percent QoQ and 44percent YoY, reaching 88 million units in 4Q11. |
| 2011-04-28 | Apple leads handset vendor race Strategy Analytics reports that Apple overtook Nokia to become the world's largest handset vendor in revenue terms in Q1 2011. |
| 2012-12-04 | Apple gives South Korea's display market much needed push A report by iSuppli found that South Korea's panel suppliers were able to defy a projected September decline in the overall small and medium-sized display market thanks to smartphone and tablet OEMs. |
| 2012-02-20 | Apple bites Apple, iPhone picked over fondleslab In 4Q11, the iPad market slipped to 57 percent, down from 64 percent in Q3, in which iPhone 4S "generated intense competition for Apple purchasers' disposable income." |
| 2011-10-05 | App processor boasts 25% performance boost The Exynos 4212 is a dual core ARM Cortex-A9 application processor that targets smartphones and tablets. |
| 2011-09-15 | Android x86-enabled phones to roll by 2012 Intel's CEO stated that android phones will ship next year using the company's x86 chips. |
| 2011-08-17 | Android tablets bite 20% from iPad's share Worldwide annual media tablet shipments are seen to exceed 120 million units in 2015, and for the last year, Android tablets have been eroding the market share of iPad. |
| 2011-06-02 | Analysts argue on iPad's effect on PC market Analysts firms are mixed regarding the effect the iPad and other tablet devices are having on the PC market. A report from Bedford examined this outlook for companies in the personal computer industry. |
| 2011-10-27 | Analyst: NAND flash will grow 20% next year Due to strong smartphone and tablet sales, NAND flash market value will increase $4 billion in 2012. |
| 2013-01-02 | Analyst: IC revenues to top $319B in 2013 IDC forecasted that global semiconductor revenues will grow 4.9 per cent this year, logging a CAGR of 4.1 per cent from 2011-2016, reaching $368 billion in 2016. |
| 2012-08-29 | Analyst reveals 30-year seasonal patterns in IC market IC Insights looked into the past 30 years from 1983-2012 and noted that the Q2 of the year typically registers the highest sequential quarterly growth rate. |
| 2012-09-13 | Amazon offers the cheapest 7-inch tablets Amazon bags the cheapest 7-inch tablet price with the launch of its Kindle Fire SD |
| 2010-02-08 | ABI: 57M media tablets to ship by 2015 The market segment for media tablet, according ABI Research, will see four million units shipped this year and will zoom to about 57 million annually by 2015. |
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