Introduction to Tablet PC

Tablet PC is a portable computer that is different from the Laptop and the Desktop computer.  It is a fully functional laptop PC.  It runs all the business applications like Word, Excel, Power point and provides the high speed internet connectivity. It has a LCD screen on which user can write with a special purpose digital pen.  It allows the users to take notes by the natural handwriting. The handwriting can be modified and shared via the cell phone or emails.

The handwriting is digitized and can be converted into the text.  Tablet PC has also has the keyboard and mouse for the input.  There is a digitizer over or under the LCD screen to create an electromagnetic field that can capture the movement of the digital pen and records it on the LCD screen.

The LCD screen only receives the information from the specialized digitized pen. A tablet PC has three common formats i.e. convertible model with the integrated keyboard, a slate style with a removable keyboard and a rugged model.

By interacting directly with the screen the PC has become the more comfortable and easy to use.  Table PC provides many features and some of them have been mentioned below.

• Natural computing experience.
• Ease of reading.
• Speech recognition.
• Built-in wireless connectivity.
• High memory
• Built-in 802.11b and/or 802.11g modem for wireless and networking connectivity.
• High end processors that are optimized for the mobile computing.
• High speed internet connectivity.
• Electronic pen.
• Digitizer screen.
• Enhanced integration with the Microsoft Office.
• Multi touch technology.
• Lightweight and compact.

A table PC is in high demand and it’s the best choice of the businessmen, students, doctors, researchers, educators, developers and the IT professionals all around the world.  The major manufacturers of the Tablet PC are the Dell, Toshiba, Fujitsu, Asus, HP, Sony and Lenovo. 

The most popular Tablet PCs are Dell Latitude XT, HP Pavilion tx1000z, Sony VAIO UX Micro PC, HP Compaq 2710p, HP Compaq TC4400 Tablet PC, TravelMate C100 Convertible Tablet PC, Toshiba Portege M400 and Fujitsu LifeBook T4220 Tablet PC.