2. Where it all Began.

3. History of the Tablet 1989 – GridPad is first released.
considered the first Tablet Computer, it inspires Jeff Hawkins to create the Palm platform.
1992 – Apple releases the Newton, coins the phrase “PDA”.
1996 – USRobotics releases the Pilot running Palm OS, name later changed to Palm Pilot.
1996 – Microsoft Releases Windows CE 1.0
Microsoft’s first OS for mobile devices.
2000 – HP Releases the iPaq Pocket PC
“Pocket PC” comes from Windows CE 3.0 Pocket PC Edition
iPaq product line becomes the longest running and highest selling PDAs of all time.
2007 – Apple relases the iPhone, its first entry into mobile computing in over 14 years.
2010 – Apple releases the iPad, and the tablet age is born!

4. Grid Computer

5. Apple Newton

6. Palm Pilot

7. Compaq iPaq Pocket PC

8. Tablet GUI Evolution

9. Newton OS

10. Palm OS

11. Pocket PC

12. The modern Tablet Runs on an ARM class CPU 128Mb to 1Gb of RAM
128Mb – 2Gb ROM
2Gb to 64 Gb SSD Storage
7” to 11” Touch Screen
iOS or Android OS

13. iOS

14. Android OS

15. So what changed? Ease of use
Industry acceptance of a standard hardware platform
Open sdk development
App store

16. What made all this work

17. Difference between eBook Readers And Tablets
The Bad…
eBook readers do not have standard platforms (CPU, OS)
Locked OS functionality
Limited multimedia functions
The Good…
Much better battery life
Can do most basic functions on the web
Muuuccchhh cheaper

18. Not all tablets are made the same.

19. What you get for the money

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23. $500 and above

24. Live Demonstration