Steve Jobs
introduced the first Tablet Computer to the world as an iPad
and
since then it has become a rage among people since its introduction
in 2009 millions
of iPads have sold in USA and across the world. The tablet computer
is an
easy to use keyboard less minicomputer with a touch screen and has a
mini operating system
with which one can surf the internet,take photographs,create
documents,view
pictures ,view and make videos and do all the basic computing. The
screen sizes normally
begin with 7 inch and go up to about 10.1 inch. The iPad though had a
10.1 inch screen and used the iOS operating system which also
happens to be the operating system of Apple's iPhone. Introduction of iPad sprang up the
Tablet revolution across countries iPad was
expensive alright but various other
companies around the world came out their
own version of Tablet computers which used Google's open source
Android as its
operating system.
This tablets are much cheaper than a standard
desktop or a
laptop
and easier to carry around all of them are WiFi enabled for internet
access also they
have dongle support. There are tablets which can be used as a mobile
phone with a
sim and internet access is possible through 3G connection. These
tablets are a boon to
developing and low income countries where PC penetration is still
low. They can be
a great aid for education,being flat book like structure it can be
used to store books
in pdf forms or as ebooks. Thus a single SD card can store thousands
of books
thus one does not need lots of cupboards or space at home to set up a
library all
one
needs to do is to download a book from the internet and store it in
an SD card or a
pen drive. This book can have web links that can open on a single
click one can embed
Youtube videos in such books, at the same time saving lots of paper
and saving
lots of trees from being cut. Power management is a major issue of
this tablet
computers but with the increase in the processing power of the ARM
processors which
consume very very little power as compared to Intel and AMD
processors they have
become standard processors in all mobile devices and tablets however
Intel with its
Atom processors is also looking to enter the market.
In the next few years Tablets are expected to
replace the laptops the processing power
of the low energy consuming ARM processors is bound to go up it would
be interesting
to see how INTEL and AMD respond to this challenge but one thing is
for sure
the Tablet computers by its light weight,low price with easy to use
and cute features would
go a long way in ending the digital divide the exits in the world.
Rakesh Mallick
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