Evolution of the Tablet Computer

Geek joke of the day:

A neutron walks into a bar.
The bar-tender says, "Would you like a drink?"
The neutron replies, "Only if it's free of charge."

So at this stage of my Google Plus life, I have no followers and so I am not entirely sure who my target audience is. I am also not sure why I'm writing this blog, it's not like I have any followers to read it.

Oh, well. 

Let's begin, regardless.

Okay, so before the initial release of iPad in 2010- tablet computers were getting 
no-where.

They were slow, they were fat, they were heavy and they all ran 
(as Steve Jobs once said) "clunky ol' PC software".

Before iPad, Microsoft and others tried- and failed- to make Tablet computing mainstream.
Why did they fail?
Take a look at this.

What? No, it's not a brick.
This is the Lenovo X61 in "Slate Mode".
It runs Windows XP, presumably interacted with, with a resistive touch screen and stylus pen, although it did have a fold-able keyboard.

My question to you guys, at home, is this:

Would you rather have a Lenovo X61- running XP- with less than a GB of RAM and a 
slug-ish processor or this:




This is the Mac Mini, from 2004- around the same time as the X61, and around the same price. The Mac Mini had a fair 1.25 Ghz CPU with up to 16 GB of RAM.
Yes. I'd chose the Mac Mini, too.


Who would pay for such a tablet- when you can go out and buy a Mac or a HP that is 
10 times faster and around the same price?
The answer is Bill Gates.



So when did tablet computers become successful?

The answer is 2010, with the launch of Apple's iPad.
By 2010, laptop sails were declining and people were searching for alternatives- many turned to Netbooks. The problems with Netbooks are as follows:

• They are cheap.
• The specs are almost always terrible.
• They are good at absolutely nothing.

Around 2002, former CEO of Apple - Steve Jobs- went to a dinner party with some of his friends from Microsoft. During this dinner party, Bill Gates and others bragged about how they had built the perfect tablet.
When Steve returned home, he announced to his wife: 
"Fuck this, let's show them what a tablet can really be."

Apple began to work on a tablet and while doing so, invented multi-touch.
Multi-touch technology is built into almost every modern day smartphone or laptop.
When Steve saw this multi-touch technology for the first time, he was amazed and said:
"Oh my god, we could make a phone out of this".

Apple then put the tablet project onto the shelve and began to work on iPhone.


In 2007, after the initial release of iPhone, Apple resumed working on iPad.
iPad had: a smooth operating system, "the best browsing experience you've ever had" and it was intimate, enjoyable and all in all, a great device.

It was unveiled on January 27th, 2010.

A few months after its release, 15 million iPads were sold.




After iPad's release, Samsung came out with their copycat tablet: the Galaxy Tab.
HP came out with their copycat tablet: the Slate 500.
Toshiba came out with their copycat tablet: the Libretto W105.
Toshiba came out with their second copycat tablet in 2010: the Folio 100.

Dell came out with their copycat tablet: the Inspiron Duo.

From this...

...to these.









Funnily enough, Samsung and Apple are dominating the tablet market at the present day.
Ironically, Microsoft are not.
 In fact their market share is so low, at 2.5%.










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