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Electronics: The Inventions and Innovations of the Tablet

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  • Patent Granted on stylus deice for handwriting

    Patent granted to Elisha Gray on electrical stylus device for capturing handwriting. E. Gray Telautograph. (n.d.). Retrieved September 15, 2014.

  • U.S. Patent on hanwriting

    U.S. Patent on handwriting recognition user interface with a stylus (1891..1970) History of Pen and Gesture Computing. (n.d.). Retrieved September 15, 2014.

  • U.S. Patent on touchscreen for handwriting input

    U.S. Patent on touchscreen for handwriting input 1891..1970) History of Pen and Gesture Computing. (n.d.). Retrieved September 15, 2014.

  • Tom Dimond demonstration

    Tom Dimond demonstrates the Stylator electronic tablet with pen for computer input and software for recognition of handwritten text in real-time. "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014
  • RAND Tablet invented.

    RAND Tablet invented.

    RAND Tablet invented "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014
  • Tablet in movie

    Tablet in movie

    Filmmaker Stanley Kubrick imagines a flatscreen tablet device wirelessly playing a video broadcast in the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014
  • Alan Kay publication of Dynabook concept

    Alan Kay publication of Dynabook concept

    Alan Kay of Xerox PARC publishes: "A personal computer for children of all ages" describing and detailing possible uses for his Dynabook concept. "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014

  • Pencept markets tablet with handwriting recognition

    Pencept of Waltham, Massachusetts markets a general-purpose computer terminal using a tablet and handwriting recognition instead of a keyboard and mouse. "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014
  • Knowledge navigator concept

    Knowledge navigator concept

    The Knowledge Navigator concept piece by Apple Computer "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014
  • Apple announces Newton PDA

    Apple announces Newton PDA

    Apple Computer announces the Newton PDA, also known as the Apple MessagePad, which includes handwriting recognition with a stylus. "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014
  • IBM releases think pad

    IBM releases think pad

    The IBM releases the ThinkPad, IBM's first commercialized portable tablet computer product available to the consumer market, as the IBM ThinkPad 750P and 360P. "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014
  • Palm Pilot introduced

    Palm Pilot introduced

    The first Palm Pilot introduced "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014
  • Bill Gates demonstration

    Bill Gates demonstration

    Bill Gates of Microsoft demonstrates the first public prototype of a Tablet PC (defined by Microsoft as a pen-enabled computer conforming to hardware specifications devised by Microsoft and running a licensed copy of the "Windows XP Tablet PC Edition" operating system) "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014
  • Microsoft releases the Microsoft Tablet PC

    Microsoft releases the Microsoft Tablet PC

    Microsoft releases the Microsoft Tablet PC, designed and built by HP. "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014

  • Nokia 770 Tablet launches

    Nokia launches the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014
  • Galaxy tab unveiled

    Galaxy tab unveiled

    Samsung unveils the Galaxy Tab, running Google Android "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014
  • Kindle Fire

    Kindle Fire

    Amazon announced an Android-based tablet, the Kindle Fire, 28 September. "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014

  • iPad 2

    Apple released the iPad 2. "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014

  • Nook Tablet

    Barnes & Noble introduces Nook Tablet "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014

  • iPad3, iPad4, iPad mini

    Apple releases the iPad 3, and then later in the year iPad 4 and the iPad Mini. "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014

  • Nexus 7

    Google unveiled the Nexus 7, a 7 inch tablet developed with Asus and the Nexus 10, a 10 inch tablet developed with Samsung. "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014
  • iPad air, iPad mini

    iPad air, iPad mini

    Apple releases the iPad Air, the lightest (469 grams) 9.7 inch tablet, as well as the iPad Mini with Retina Display. "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014