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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 "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014 -
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 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
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 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
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
The first Palm Pilot introduced "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014 -
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, 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
Samsung unveils the Galaxy Tab, running Google Android "History of Tablet Computers." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24 Aug. 2014. Web. 14 Sept. 2014 -
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
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
