What Is a Tablet and How Does It Benefit Us?

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1 INTRODUCTION

Tablet computer is a mobile computer with a display, circuitry and battery in one single unit. Tablets can be seen as a bigger version of mobiles, since they are equipped with cameras, microphone, accelerometer and touchscreen in which you can use stylus pen replacing computers mouse and keyboard. Tablets can be carried around in a pocket or a bag where desktop computers are stable and cannot be picked up and carried around.

Tablets are great way of doing business on the road, for example, if you are in a bus or a plane, it is easier to bring out your tablet than your computer. Tablet is mostly for travelling and using it to certain limit. If you only have a touchscreen in your head typing will not be as easy as it would be on a keyboard, but there are possibilities to add-on a keyboard if needed.

2 WHAT IS TABLET

Computers in general were discovered in the 1970’s, from then onwards the software and casing for this gone smaller and smaller. [1] First there was a desktop computer which followed with a laptop and nowadays tablet has become even more popular. Tablet computer is easily comparable to desktop computer and to a laptop; all of them designed for the same reason and purpose in mind.

2.1 Tablet

Tablet is compact software which can be described as a small laptop. As the tablets has become a weapon for computers, since a tablet has a thin, touchscreen-operating system and great experience while browsing the web and using its own applications. The biggest difference is the size; tablets are smaller than a desktop or a laptop, but still bigger than a smartphone. It has a build-in battery and

One of the downsides of tablets could be the fact that you have to type on the screen and the keyboard might no...

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...nline games and searching information than listening to other people’s experiences and interests. For younger people, having a tablet might be a distraction when it comes to socialization and interaction between people in their own age group.

4 CONCLUSION

The possibility of tables becoming even more famous in the near future is plausible, since the use of it is getting easier and more fashionable. When comparing a desktop, laptop, smartphone and tablet, tablet could be the most user friendly device in today’s life. There are many possibilities for a tablet to go for and because of the applications that can be downloaded and used with a tablet; it is even more appearing to younger people. For business people the use for a tablet might be even greater; having the possibility to work in a small space with a proper device might make it a big hit with companies.

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