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PART1.HowTabletsWork
Chapter1.IntroductiontoHowTabletsWork
“WhenSteveJobsendedyearsofspeculationin2010byannouncingthe
iPadtabletdevice,hehelpedlaunchaneweraincomputerhardwarei
ThoughtabletPCshavebeenaroundforyears,theiPadwasthefirstdevice
tousetheformfactorsuccessfullyintheconsumermarketiAndApple's
successbenefittedothercompaniesaswellastechenthusiastslookedfor
alternativestoApple'sapproachi
Sowhatexactlyisatablet?Atitsmostbasiclevel,atabletPCisamobile
computingdevicethat'slargerthanasmartphoneorpersonaldigital
assistantiThere'snotastrictcutoffsizefortabletdevices--theiPadline
sportsascreensizeofjustunder10inchesbutothertabletscanbelargeror
smalleriIngeneral,ifthecomputingdeviceusesanon-screeninterfaceand
doesn'tincludeaphone,it'satableti
Toconfusematters,somemanufacturersproducehybriddevicesthatare
parttablet,partlaptopcomputeriThedevicemightcomewithanattached
keyboard--thescreenswivelsorfoldsdowntocoverthekeyboardand
voila,youhaveatablet!
In2010,LenovointroducedaprototypedevicecalledtheIdeaPadU1atthe
ConsumerElectronicsShowinLasVegas,NeviAtfirstglance,itlooked
likeanormallaptopcomputeriButifyoudetachedthescreenfromthebase,
thelaptopconvertedtoatabletcomputerwithitsown,independent
operatingsystemiLenovorebrandedthedevice,namingittheLenovo
LePadandlaunchingitinChinain2011i
Althoughtabletscomeinavarietyofshapes,sizesandfeaturesets,they
sharemanysimilarcharacteristicsiNearlyallhaveatouch-screeninterface
andanoperatingsystemcapableofrunningsmallprogramsiTheydon't
necessarilyreplacetheneedforamorerobustcomputer,buttheycreatea
newspaceforcomputingdevicesi
Let'stakealookatthebasicelementsthatmosttabletspossessi”
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