<s>
A	O
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
commonly	O
shortened	O
to	O
tablet	B-Device
,	O
is	O
a	O
mobile	B-Application
device	I-Application
,	O
typically	O
with	O
a	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
and	O
touchscreen	B-Device
display	O
processing	O
circuitry	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
rechargeable	B-Architecture
battery	I-Architecture
in	O
a	O
single	O
,	O
thin	O
and	O
flat	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tablets	B-Device
,	O
being	O
computers	O
,	O
do	O
what	O
other	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
do	O
,	O
but	O
lack	O
some	O
input/output	B-General_Concept
(	O
I/O	B-General_Concept
)	O
abilities	O
that	O
others	O
have	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
tablets	B-Device
largely	O
resemble	O
modern	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
the	O
only	O
differences	O
being	O
that	O
tablets	B-Device
are	O
relatively	O
larger	O
than	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
with	O
screens	O
or	O
larger	O
,	O
measured	O
diagonally	O
,	O
and	O
may	O
not	O
support	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
cellular	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
laptops	B-Device
(	O
which	O
have	O
traditionally	O
run	O
off	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
usually	O
designed	O
for	O
desktops	O
)	O
,	O
tablets	B-Device
usually	O
run	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
,	O
alongside	O
smartphones	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
touchscreen	B-Device
display	O
is	O
operated	O
by	O
gestures	B-General_Concept
executed	O
by	O
finger	O
or	O
digital	B-Device
pen	I-Device
(	O
stylus	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
mouse	B-Device
,	O
touchpad	B-Application
,	O
and	O
keyboard	B-Device
of	O
larger	O
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Portable	O
computers	O
can	O
be	O
classified	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
presence	O
and	O
appearance	O
of	O
physical	O
keyboards	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
species	O
of	O
tablet	B-Device
,	O
the	O
slate	O
and	O
booklet	O
,	O
do	O
not	O
have	O
physical	O
keyboards	B-Device
and	O
usually	O
accept	O
text	O
and	O
other	O
input	O
by	O
use	O
of	O
a	O
virtual	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
shown	O
on	O
their	O
touchscreen	B-Device
displays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
compensate	O
for	O
their	O
lack	O
of	O
a	O
physical	O
keyboard	B-Device
,	O
most	O
tablets	B-Device
can	O
connect	O
to	O
independent	O
physical	O
keyboards	B-Device
by	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
or	O
USB	B-Protocol
;	O
2-in-1	B-Device
PCs	B-Device
have	O
keyboards	B-Device
,	O
distinct	O
from	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
was	O
conceptualized	O
in	O
the	O
middle	O
of	O
the	O
20th	O
century	O
(	O
Stanley	O
Kubrick	O
depicted	O
fictional	O
tablets	B-Device
in	O
the	O
1968	O
science	O
fiction	O
film	O
2001	O
:	O
A	O
Space	O
Odyssey	O
)	O
and	O
prototyped	O
and	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
last	O
two	O
decades	O
of	O
that	O
century	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Apple	O
released	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
the	O
first	O
mass-market	O
tablet	B-Device
to	O
achieve	O
widespread	O
popularity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Thereafter	O
,	O
tablets	B-Device
rapidly	O
rose	O
in	O
ubiquity	O
and	O
soon	O
became	O
a	O
large	O
product	O
category	O
used	O
for	O
personal	O
,	O
educational	O
and	O
workplace	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Popular	O
uses	O
for	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
PC	I-Device
include	O
viewing	O
presentations	O
,	O
video-conferencing	O
,	O
reading	O
e-books	O
,	O
watching	O
movies	O
,	O
sharing	O
photos	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2021	O
there	O
are	O
1.28	O
billion	O
tablet	B-Device
users	O
worldwide	O
according	O
to	O
data	O
provided	O
by	O
Statista	O
,	O
while	O
Apple	O
holds	O
the	O
largest	O
manufacturer	O
market	O
share	O
followed	O
by	O
Samsung	B-Application
and	O
Lenovo	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
and	O
its	O
associated	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
began	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
pen	O
computing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electrical	O
devices	O
with	O
data	B-General_Concept
input	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
output	I-General_Concept
on	O
a	O
flat	O
information	B-Device
display	I-Device
existed	O
as	O
early	O
as	O
1888	O
with	O
the	O
telautograph	O
,	O
which	O
used	O
a	O
sheet	O
of	O
paper	O
as	O
display	O
and	O
a	O
pen	O
attached	O
to	O
electromechanical	O
actuators	B-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Throughout	O
the	O
20th	O
century	O
devices	O
with	O
these	O
characteristics	O
have	O
been	O
imagined	O
and	O
created	O
whether	O
as	O
blueprints	B-Application
,	O
prototypes	B-Application
,	O
or	O
commercial	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
many	O
academic	O
and	O
research	O
systems	O
,	O
several	O
companies	O
released	O
commercial	O
products	O
in	O
the	O
1980s	O
,	O
with	O
various	O
input/output	B-General_Concept
types	O
tried	O
out	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
appeared	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
works	O
of	O
science	O
fiction	O
in	O
the	O
second	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
20th	O
century	O
;	O
all	O
helped	O
to	O
promote	O
and	O
disseminate	O
the	O
concept	O
to	O
a	O
wider	O
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
,	O
real-life	O
projects	O
either	O
proposed	O
or	O
created	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1968	O
,	O
computer	O
scientist	O
Alan	O
Kay	O
envisioned	O
a	O
KiddiComp	O
;	O
he	O
developed	O
and	O
described	O
the	O
concept	O
as	O
a	O
Dynabook	B-General_Concept
in	O
his	O
proposal	O
,	O
A	O
personal	B-Device
computer	I-Device
for	O
children	O
of	O
all	O
ages	O
(	O
1972	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
outlines	O
functionality	O
similar	O
to	O
that	O
supplied	O
via	O
a	O
laptop	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
or	O
(	O
in	O
some	O
of	O
its	O
other	O
incarnations	O
)	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
or	O
slate	O
computer	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
exception	O
of	O
near	O
eternal	O
battery	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1979	O
,	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
a	O
touchscreen	B-Device
tablet	B-Device
that	O
could	O
detect	O
an	O
external	O
force	O
applied	O
to	O
one	O
point	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
was	O
patented	O
in	O
Japan	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
at	O
Hitachi	O
consisting	O
of	O
Masao	O
Hotta	O
,	O
Yoshikazu	O
Miyamoto	O
,	O
Norio	O
Yokozawa	O
and	O
Yoshimitsu	O
Oshima	O
,	O
who	O
later	O
received	O
a	O
US	O
patent	O
for	O
their	O
idea	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
Atari	O
showed	O
developers	O
the	O
Stylus	B-Operating_System
,	O
later	O
renamed	O
ST-Pad	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ST-Pad	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
TOS/GEM	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
platform	O
and	O
prototyped	O
early	O
handwriting	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shiraz	O
Shivji	O
's	O
company	O
Momentus	O
demonstrated	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
a	O
failed	O
x86	B-Operating_System
MS-DOS	B-Application
based	O
Pen	O
Computer	O
with	O
its	O
own	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Acorn	O
Computers	O
developed	O
and	O
delivered	O
an	O
ARM-based	O
touch	B-Device
screen	I-Device
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
for	O
this	O
program	O
,	O
branding	O
it	O
the	O
"	O
NewsPad	O
"	O
;	O
the	O
project	O
ended	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
the	O
November	O
2000	O
COMDEX	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
used	O
the	O
term	O
Tablet	B-Device
PC	I-Device
to	O
describe	O
a	O
prototype	B-Application
handheld	B-Application
device	I-Application
they	O
were	O
demonstrating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2001	O
,	O
Ericsson	O
Mobile	O
Communications	O
announced	O
an	O
experimental	O
product	O
named	O
the	O
DelphiPad	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
developed	O
in	O
cooperation	O
with	O
the	O
Centre	O
for	O
Wireless	O
Communications	O
in	O
Singapore	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
touch-sensitive	B-Device
screen	I-Device
,	O
Netscape	B-Protocol
Navigator	I-Protocol
as	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
as	O
its	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
earlier	O
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
products	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Pencept	O
PenPad	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
CIC	O
Handwriter	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
1989	O
,	O
GRiD	O
Systems	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
commercially	O
successful	O
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
the	O
GRiDPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
three	O
products	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
extended	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
IBM	O
announced	O
(	O
in	O
April	O
)	O
and	O
shipped	O
to	O
developers	O
(	O
in	O
October	O
)	O
the	O
ThinkPad	B-Device
700T	I-Device
(	O
2521	O
)	O
,	O
which	O
ran	O
the	O
GO	O
Corporation	O
's	O
PenPoint	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
based	O
on	O
PenPoint	B-Application
was	O
T	O
's	O
EO	B-Application
Personal	I-Application
Communicator	I-Application
from	O
1993	O
,	O
which	O
ran	O
on	O
T	O
's	O
own	O
hardware	O
,	O
including	O
their	O
own	O
AT&T	B-Application
Hobbit	I-Application
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
Computer	O
launched	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Newton	I-Device
personal	B-Application
digital	I-Application
assistant	I-Application
in	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
used	O
Apple	O
's	O
own	O
new	O
Newton	B-Device
OS	I-Device
,	O
initially	O
running	O
on	O
hardware	O
manufactured	O
by	O
Motorola	O
and	O
incorporating	O
an	O
ARM	B-Architecture
CPU	O
,	O
that	O
Apple	O
had	O
specifically	O
co-developed	O
with	O
Acorn	O
Computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
and	O
platform	O
design	O
were	O
later	O
licensed	O
to	O
Sharp	O
and	O
Digital	O
Ocean	O
,	O
who	O
went	O
on	O
to	O
manufacture	O
their	O
own	O
variants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
,	O
the	O
dominant	O
PC	B-Device
software	O
vendor	O
,	O
released	O
Windows	B-Device
for	I-Device
Pen	I-Device
Computing	I-Device
in	O
1992	O
to	O
compete	O
against	O
PenPoint	B-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
launched	O
the	O
WinPad	O
project	O
,	O
working	O
together	O
with	O
OEMs	O
such	O
as	O
Compaq	O
,	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
small	O
device	O
with	O
a	O
Windows-like	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
and	O
handwriting	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
abandoned	O
two	O
years	O
later	O
;	O
instead	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
"	O
Handheld	B-Operating_System
PCs	I-Operating_System
"	O
in	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
year	O
,	O
Palm	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
released	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
the	O
Palm	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
based	O
PalmPilot	B-Device
touch	O
and	O
stylus	B-Operating_System
based	O
PDA	B-Application
,	O
the	O
touch	O
based	O
devices	O
initially	O
incorporating	O
a	O
Motorola	B-Device
Dragonball	I-Device
(	O
68000	O
)	O
CPU	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
1996	O
Fujitsu	O
released	O
the	O
Stylistic	O
1000	O
tablet	B-Device
format	O
PC	B-Device
,	O
running	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
95	I-Application
,	O
on	O
a	O
100MHz	O
AMD486	O
DX4	O
CPU	O
,	O
with	O
8	O
MB	O
RAM	O
offering	O
stylus	B-Operating_System
input	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
option	O
of	O
connecting	O
a	O
conventional	O
Keyboard	B-Device
and	O
mouse	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
announced	O
a	O
StrongARM	B-Device
processor-based	O
touchscreen	B-Device
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
in	O
1999	O
,	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
WebPAD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
re-branded	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
Intel	O
Web	B-Device
Tablet	I-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
and	O
used	O
the	O
Opera	B-Application
browser	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internet	O
access	O
was	O
provided	O
by	O
DECT	B-Protocol
DMAP	O
,	O
only	O
available	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
provided	O
up	O
to	O
10Mbit/s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
device	O
had	O
16	O
MB	O
storage	O
,	O
32	O
MB	O
of	O
RAM	O
and	O
x86	B-Operating_System
compatible	I-Operating_System
166MHz	O
"	O
Geode	O
"	O
-Microcontroller	O
by	O
National	O
Semiconductor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sony	O
released	O
its	O
Airboard	O
tablet	B-Device
in	O
Japan	O
in	O
late	O
2000	O
with	O
full	O
wireless	O
Internet	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
late	O
1990s	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
launched	O
the	O
Handheld	B-Operating_System
PC	I-Operating_System
platform	O
using	O
their	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
;	O
while	O
most	O
devices	O
were	O
not	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
a	O
few	O
touch	O
enabled	O
tablets	B-Device
were	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Fujitsu	O
PenCentra	O
130	O
or	O
Siemens	O
's	O
SIMpad	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
took	O
a	O
more	O
significant	O
approach	O
to	O
tablets	B-Device
in	O
2002	O
as	O
it	O
attempted	O
to	O
define	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Tablet	I-Device
PC	I-Device
as	O
a	O
mobile	O
computer	O
for	O
field	O
work	O
in	O
business	O
,	O
though	O
their	O
devices	O
failed	O
,	O
mainly	O
due	O
to	O
pricing	O
and	O
usability	B-General_Concept
decisions	O
that	O
limited	O
them	O
to	O
their	O
original	O
purpose	O
–	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
existing	O
devices	O
being	O
too	O
heavy	O
to	O
be	O
held	O
with	O
one	O
hand	O
for	O
extended	O
periods	O
,	O
and	O
having	O
legacy	O
applications	O
created	O
for	O
desktop	O
interfaces	O
and	O
not	O
well	O
adapted	O
to	O
the	O
slate	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
had	O
plans	O
for	O
an	O
Internet	B-Device
tablet	I-Device
since	O
before	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
early	O
model	O
was	O
test	O
manufactured	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
the	O
Nokia	O
M510	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
running	O
on	O
EPOC	B-Language
and	O
featuring	O
an	O
Opera	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
speakers	O
and	O
a	O
10-inch	O
800×600	O
screen	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
was	O
not	O
released	O
because	O
of	O
fears	O
that	O
the	O
market	O
was	O
not	O
ready	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
entered	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
space	O
in	O
May	O
2005	O
with	O
the	O
Nokia	B-Application
770	I-Application
running	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
Debian-based	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
distribution	O
custom-made	O
for	O
their	O
Internet	B-Device
tablet	I-Device
line	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
application	B-Application
framework	I-Application
layer	O
,	O
named	O
Hildon	B-Language
,	O
was	O
an	O
early	O
instance	O
of	O
a	O
software	B-Device
platform	I-Device
for	O
generic	O
computing	O
in	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
device	I-Device
intended	O
for	O
internet	O
consumption	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
Nokia	O
did	O
not	O
commit	O
to	O
it	O
as	O
their	O
only	O
platform	O
for	O
their	O
future	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
and	O
the	O
project	O
competed	O
against	O
other	O
in-house	O
platforms	B-Device
and	O
later	O
replaced	O
it	O
with	O
the	O
Series	B-Language
60	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nokia	O
used	O
the	O
term	O
internet	B-Device
tablet	I-Device
to	O
refer	O
to	O
a	O
portable	O
information	B-Device
appliance	I-Device
that	O
focused	O
on	O
Internet	O
use	O
and	O
media	O
consumption	O
,	O
in	O
the	O
range	O
between	O
a	O
personal	B-Application
digital	I-Application
assistant	I-Application
(	O
PDA	B-Application
)	O
and	O
an	O
Ultra-Mobile	B-Device
PC	I-Device
(	O
UMPC	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
made	O
two	O
mobile	O
phones	O
,	O
the	O
N900	O
that	O
runs	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
N9	O
that	O
run	O
Meego	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
Axiotron	O
introduced	O
an	O
aftermarket	O
,	O
heavily	O
modified	O
Apple	B-Device
MacBook	I-Device
called	O
Modbook	B-Device
,	O
a	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X-based	O
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Modbook	B-Device
uses	O
Apple	O
's	O
Inkwell	B-Application
for	O
handwriting	O
and	O
gesture	B-General_Concept
recognition	I-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
uses	O
digitization	O
hardware	O
from	O
Wacom	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
get	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
to	O
talk	O
to	O
the	O
digitizer	O
on	O
the	O
integrated	O
tablet	B-Device
,	O
the	O
Modbook	B-Device
was	O
supplied	O
with	O
a	O
third-party	O
driver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Ultra-mobile	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
Intel	O
began	O
the	O
Mobile	B-Device
Internet	I-Device
Device	I-Device
initiative	O
,	O
which	O
took	O
the	O
same	O
hardware	O
and	O
combined	O
it	O
with	O
a	O
tabletized	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
configuration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
codeveloped	O
the	O
lightweight	O
Moblin	B-Language
(	O
mobile	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
)	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
following	O
the	O
successful	O
launch	O
of	O
the	O
Atom	B-Device
CPU	O
series	O
on	O
netbooks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2010	O
,	O
Nokia	O
and	O
Intel	O
combined	O
the	O
Maemo	B-Operating_System
and	O
Moblin	B-Language
projects	I-Language
to	O
form	O
MeeGo	O
,	O
a	O
Linux-based	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
supports	O
netbooks	O
and	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
tablet	B-Device
using	O
MeeGo	O
was	O
the	O
Neofonie	B-Application
WeTab	B-Application
launched	O
September	O
2010	O
in	O
Germany	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WeTab	B-Application
used	O
an	O
extended	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
MeeGo	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
called	O
WeTab	B-Application
OS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WeTab	B-Application
OS	O
adds	O
runtimes	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
AIR	I-Operating_System
and	O
provides	O
a	O
proprietary	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
optimized	O
for	O
the	O
WeTab	B-Application
device	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Linux	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
announced	O
that	O
MeeGo	O
would	O
be	O
replaced	O
in	O
2012	O
by	O
Tizen	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
was	O
the	O
first	O
of	O
the	O
2000s-era	O
dominating	O
platforms	B-Device
for	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
to	O
reach	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
plans	O
for	O
Android-based	O
tablets	B-Device
appeared	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
them	O
was	O
the	O
Archos	O
5	O
,	O
a	O
pocket-sized	O
model	O
with	O
a	O
5-inch	O
touchscreen	B-Device
,	O
that	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
with	O
a	O
proprietary	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
and	O
later	O
(	O
in	O
2009	O
)	O
released	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
1.4	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
LTE	O
Android	B-Application
tablet	B-Device
appeared	O
late	O
2009	O
and	O
was	O
made	O
by	O
ICD	O
for	O
Verizon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
manufacturers	O
waited	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
Honeycomb	I-Application
,	O
specifically	O
adapted	O
for	O
use	O
with	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
which	O
debuted	O
in	O
February	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
is	O
often	O
credited	O
for	O
defining	O
a	O
new	O
class	O
of	O
consumer	O
device	O
with	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
which	O
shaped	O
the	O
commercial	O
market	O
for	O
tablets	B-Device
in	O
the	O
following	O
years	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
the	O
most	O
successful	O
tablet	B-Device
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
its	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPads	B-Device
and	O
competing	O
devices	O
were	O
tested	O
by	O
the	O
US	O
military	O
in	O
2011	O
and	O
cleared	O
for	O
secure	O
use	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
debut	O
in	O
2010	O
pushed	O
tablets	B-Device
into	O
the	O
mainstream	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samsung	B-Application
's	O
Galaxy	B-Application
Tab	I-Application
and	O
others	O
followed	O
,	O
continuing	O
the	O
trends	O
towards	O
the	O
features	O
listed	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
PC	B-Device
Magazine	O
reported	O
that	O
31%	O
of	O
U.S.	O
Internet	O
users	O
owned	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
,	O
used	O
mainly	O
for	O
viewing	O
published	O
content	O
such	O
as	O
video	O
and	O
news	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
top-selling	O
line	O
of	O
devices	O
was	O
Apple	O
's	O
iPad	B-Device
with	O
100million	O
sold	O
between	O
its	O
release	O
in	O
April	O
2010	O
and	O
mid-October	O
2012	O
,	O
but	O
iPad	B-Device
market	O
share	O
(	O
number	O
of	O
units	O
)	O
dropped	O
to	O
36%	O
in	O
2013	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
tablets	B-Device
climbing	O
to	O
62%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
tablet	B-Device
sales	O
volume	O
was	O
121million	O
devices	O
,	O
plus	O
52million	O
,	O
between	O
2012	O
and	O
2013	O
respectively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Individual	O
brands	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
devices	O
or	O
compatibles	O
follow	O
iPad	B-Device
with	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
Kindle	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
with	O
7million	O
,	O
and	O
Barnes	O
&	O
Noble	O
's	O
Nook	B-Application
with	O
5million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
PlayBook	I-Application
was	O
announced	O
in	O
September	O
2010	O
that	O
ran	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
OS	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
PlayBook	I-Application
was	O
officially	O
released	O
to	O
US	O
and	O
Canadian	O
consumers	O
on	O
April	O
19	O
,	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hewlett	O
Packard	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
TouchPad	B-Application
,	O
running	O
WebOS	B-Operating_System
3.0	O
on	O
a	O
1.2GHz	O
Qualcomm	B-Architecture
Snapdragon	I-Architecture
CPU	O
,	O
would	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
August	O
18	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
HP	O
announced	O
the	O
discontinuation	O
of	O
the	O
TouchPad	B-Application
,	O
due	O
to	O
sluggish	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2013	O
,	O
the	B-Operating_System
Mozilla	I-Operating_System
Foundation	I-Operating_System
announced	O
a	O
prototype	B-Application
tablet	B-Device
model	O
with	O
Foxconn	O
which	O
ran	O
on	O
Firefox	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Firefox	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2016	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Canonical	O
hinted	O
that	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
would	O
be	O
available	O
on	O
tablets	B-Device
by	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2016	O
,	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
commercial	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
BQ	O
Aquaris	O
Ubuntu	B-Protocol
tablet	I-Protocol
using	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Protocol
Touch	I-Protocol
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Canonical	O
terminated	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
project	O
due	O
to	O
lack	O
of	O
market	O
interest	O
on	O
April	O
5	O
,	O
2017	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
then	O
adopted	O
by	O
the	O
UBports	B-Protocol
as	O
a	O
community	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
2014	O
,	O
83%	O
of	O
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
developers	O
were	O
targeting	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
but	O
93%	O
of	O
developers	O
were	O
targeting	O
smartphones	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2014	O
,	O
around	O
23%	O
of	O
B2B	O
companies	O
were	O
said	O
to	O
have	O
deployed	O
tablets	B-Device
for	O
sales-related	O
activities	O
,	O
according	O
to	O
a	O
survey	O
report	O
by	O
Corporate	O
Visions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPad	B-Device
held	O
majority	O
use	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Western	O
Europe	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
Australia	O
,	O
and	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
Americas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
tablets	B-Device
were	O
more	O
popular	O
in	O
most	O
of	O
Asia	O
(	O
China	O
and	O
Russia	O
an	O
exception	O
)	O
,	O
Africa	O
and	O
Eastern	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2015	O
tablet	B-Device
sales	O
did	O
not	O
increase	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samsung	B-Application
vice	O
president	O
Gary	O
Riding	O
said	O
early	O
in	O
2016	O
that	O
tablets	B-Device
were	O
only	O
doing	O
well	O
among	O
those	O
using	O
them	O
for	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Newer	O
models	O
were	O
more	O
expensive	O
and	O
designed	O
for	O
a	O
keyboard	B-Device
and	O
stylus	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
reflected	O
the	O
changing	O
uses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
early	O
2016	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
reigned	O
over	O
the	O
market	O
with	O
65%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
out	O
of	O
4.4billion	O
computing	O
devices	O
Android	B-Application
accounted	O
for	O
2billion	O
,	O
iOS	B-Application
for	O
1billion	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
remainder	O
were	O
PCs	B-Device
,	O
in	O
various	O
forms	O
(	O
desktop	O
,	O
notebook	B-Device
,	O
or	O
tablet	B-Device
)	O
,	O
running	O
various	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
(	O
Windows	O
,	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
,	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
the	O
early	O
2020	O
's	O
various	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
Samsung	B-Application
are	O
beginning	O
to	O
introduce	O
foldable	B-Application
technology	I-Application
into	O
their	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tablets	B-Device
can	O
be	O
loosely	O
grouped	O
into	O
several	O
categories	O
by	O
physical	O
size	O
,	O
kind	O
of	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
installed	O
,	O
input	B-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
output	I-General_Concept
technology	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
models	O
in	O
the	O
larger	O
than	O
10-inch	O
(	O
25cm	O
)	O
category	O
include	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Device
Galaxy	I-Device
Tab	I-Device
Pro	I-Device
12.2	I-Device
at	O
12.2	O
inches	O
(	O
31cm	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Toshiba	O
Excite	O
at	O
13.3	O
inches	O
(	O
33cm	O
)	O
and	O
the	O
Dell	O
XPS	B-Application
18	O
at	O
18.4	O
inches	O
(	O
47cm	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
the	O
thinnest	O
tablet	B-Device
on	O
the	O
market	O
was	O
the	O
Sony	B-Application
Xperia	I-Application
Tablet	I-Application
Z	I-Application
at	O
only	O
0.27	O
inches	O
(	O
6.9mm	O
)	O
thick	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
9	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
Apple	O
released	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
with	O
a	O
screen	O
size	O
,	O
larger	O
than	O
the	O
regular	O
iPad	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mini	O
tablets	B-Device
are	O
smaller	O
and	O
weigh	O
less	O
than	O
slates	O
,	O
with	O
typical	O
screen	O
sizes	O
between	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
commercially	O
successful	O
mini	O
tablets	B-Device
were	O
introduced	O
by	O
Amazon.com	B-Application
(	O
Kindle	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
)	O
,	O
Barnes	O
&	O
Noble	O
(	O
Nook	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
Samsung	B-Application
(	O
Galaxy	B-Application
Tab	I-Application
)	O
in	O
2011	O
;	O
and	O
by	O
Google	B-Application
(	O
Nexus	B-Device
7	I-Device
)	O
in	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
operate	O
identically	O
to	O
ordinary	O
tablets	B-Device
but	O
have	O
lower	O
specifications	O
compared	O
to	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
September	O
14	O
,	O
2012	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
released	O
an	O
upgraded	O
version	O
of	O
the	B-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
Fire	B-Application
,	O
the	B-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
Fire	B-Application
HD	I-Application
,	O
with	O
higher	O
screen	O
resolution	O
and	O
more	O
features	O
compared	O
to	O
its	O
predecessor	O
,	O
yet	O
remaining	O
only	O
7	O
inches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
Apple	O
released	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
with	O
a	O
7.9-inch	O
screen	O
size	O
,	O
about	O
2	O
inches	O
smaller	O
than	O
the	O
regular	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
but	O
less	O
powerful	O
than	O
the	O
then	O
current	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
July	O
24	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
released	O
an	O
upgraded	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Nexus	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
with	O
FHD	O
display	O
,	O
dual	O
cameras	O
,	O
stereo	O
speakers	O
,	O
more	O
color	O
accuracy	O
,	O
performance	O
improvement	O
,	O
built-in	O
wireless	O
charging	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
variant	O
with	O
4G	O
LTE	O
support	O
for	O
AT&T	O
,	O
T-Mobile	O
,	O
and	O
Verizon	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2013	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
further	O
updated	O
the	O
Fire	B-Application
tablet	I-Application
with	O
the	B-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
Fire	B-Application
HDX	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2013	O
,	O
Apple	O
released	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
Mini	I-Operating_System
2	I-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
remained	O
at	O
7.9	O
inches	O
and	O
nearly	O
matched	O
the	O
hardware	O
of	O
the	O
iPad	B-Operating_System
Air	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smartphones	B-Application
and	O
tablets	B-Device
are	O
similar	O
devices	O
,	O
differentiated	O
by	O
the	O
former	O
typically	O
having	O
smaller	O
screens	O
and	O
most	O
tablets	B-Device
lacking	O
cellular	O
network	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2010	O
,	O
crossover	O
touchscreen	B-Device
smartphones	B-Application
with	O
screens	O
larger	O
than	O
5	O
inches	O
have	O
been	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
That	O
size	O
is	O
generally	O
considered	O
larger	O
than	O
a	O
traditional	O
smartphone	B-Application
,	O
creating	O
the	O
hybrid	O
category	O
of	O
the	O
phablet	B-Application
by	O
Forbes	O
and	O
other	O
publications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Phablet	B-Application
"	O
is	O
a	O
portmanteau	O
of	O
"	O
phone	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
tablet	B-Device
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
phablets	B-Application
,	O
they	O
had	O
screens	O
of	O
5.3	O
to	O
5.5	O
inches	O
,	O
but	O
as	O
of	O
2017	O
screen	O
sizes	O
up	O
to	O
5.5	O
inches	O
are	O
considered	O
typical	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
phablets	B-Application
from	O
2017	O
and	O
onward	O
are	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Galaxy	I-Application
Note	I-Application
series	I-Application
(	O
newer	O
models	O
of	O
5.7	O
inches	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
LG	O
V10/V20	O
(	O
5.7	O
inches	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Sony	B-Application
Xperia	I-Application
XA	I-Application
Ultra	I-Application
(	O
6	O
inches	O
)	O
,	O
the	O
Huawei	B-Application
Mate	I-Application
9	I-Application
(	O
5.9	O
inches	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Huawei	O
Honor	O
(	O
MediaPad	O
)	O
X2	O
(	O
7	O
inches	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2-in-1	B-Device
PC	I-Device
is	O
a	O
hybrid	O
or	O
combination	O
of	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
and	O
laptop	B-Device
computer	I-Device
that	O
has	O
features	O
of	O
both	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Distinct	O
from	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
2-in-1	B-Device
PCs	B-Device
all	O
have	O
physical	O
keyboards	B-Device
,	O
but	O
they	O
are	O
either	O
concealable	O
by	O
folding	O
them	O
back	O
and	O
under	O
the	O
touchscreen	B-Device
(	O
"	O
2-in-1	B-Device
convertible	I-Device
"	O
)	O
or	O
detachable	O
(	O
"	O
2-in-1	B-Device
detachable	O
"	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2-in-1s	O
typically	O
also	O
can	O
display	O
a	O
virtual	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
on	O
their	O
touchscreens	B-Device
when	O
their	O
physical	O
keyboards	B-Device
are	O
concealed	O
or	O
detached	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
2-in-1s	O
have	O
processors	O
and	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
like	O
those	O
of	O
laptops	B-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
,	O
while	O
having	O
the	O
flexibility	O
of	O
operation	O
as	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Further	O
,	O
2-in-1s	O
may	O
have	O
typical	O
laptop	B-Device
I/O	B-General_Concept
ports	B-Protocol
,	O
such	O
as	O
USB	B-Protocol
3	O
and	O
DisplayPort	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
may	O
connect	O
to	O
traditional	O
PC	B-Device
peripheral	B-Device
devices	I-Device
and	O
external	O
displays	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simple	O
tablets	B-Device
are	O
mainly	O
used	O
as	O
media	O
consumption	O
devices	O
,	O
while	O
2-in-1s	O
have	O
capacity	O
for	O
both	O
media	O
consumption	O
and	O
content	O
creation	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
2-in-1s	O
are	O
often	O
called	O
laptop	B-Device
or	O
desktop	B-Application
replacement	I-Application
computers	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Convertibles	O
have	O
a	O
chassis	O
design	O
by	O
which	O
their	O
physical	O
keyboard	B-Device
may	O
be	O
concealed	O
by	O
flipping/folding	O
the	O
keyboard	B-Device
behind	O
the	O
chassis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
include	O
2-in-1	B-Device
PCs	B-Device
of	O
the	O
Lenovo	O
Yoga	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Detachables	O
or	O
Hybrids	O
have	O
physical	O
keyboards	B-Device
that	O
may	O
be	O
detached	O
from	O
their	O
chassis	O
,	O
even	O
while	O
the	O
2-in-1	B-Device
is	O
operating	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
include	O
2-in-1	B-Device
PCs	B-Device
of	O
the	O
Asus	B-Application
Transformer	I-Application
Pad	I-Application
and	O
Book	O
series	O
,	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
,	O
and	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Surface	I-Device
Book	I-Device
and	O
Surface	B-Device
Pro	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
tablets	B-Device
are	O
modified	O
by	O
adding	O
physical	O
gamepad	B-Device
buttons	O
such	O
as	O
D-pad	B-Device
and	O
thumb	O
sticks	O
for	O
better	O
gaming	O
experience	O
combined	O
with	O
the	O
touchscreen	B-Device
and	O
all	O
other	O
features	O
of	O
a	O
typical	O
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
these	O
tablets	B-Device
are	O
targeted	O
to	O
run	O
native	O
OS	O
games	O
and	O
emulator	B-Application
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nvidia	O
's	O
Shield	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
,	O
with	O
an	O
display	O
,	O
and	O
running	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
is	O
an	O
example	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
Android	B-Application
games	O
purchased	O
from	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
store	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	B-Device
games	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
streamed	O
to	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
from	O
computers	O
with	O
some	O
higher	O
end	O
models	O
of	O
Nvidia-powered	O
video	B-Device
cards	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
hybrid	O
console	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
gaming	O
tablet	B-Device
that	O
runs	O
on	O
its	B-Operating_System
own	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
software	I-Operating_System
,	O
features	O
detachable	O
Joy-Con	B-General_Concept
controllers	O
with	O
motion	O
controls	O
and	O
three	O
gaming	O
modes	O
:	O
table-top	O
mode	O
using	O
its	O
kickstand	O
,	O
traditional	O
docked/TV	O
mode	O
and	O
handheld	B-Application
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
not	O
entirely	O
an	O
actual	O
tablet	B-Device
form	O
factor	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
sizes	O
,	O
some	O
other	O
handheld	B-Application
console	O
including	O
the	O
smaller	O
version	O
of	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
,	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Switch	I-Device
Lite	I-Device
,	O
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
are	O
treated	O
as	O
an	O
gaming	O
tablet	B-Device
or	O
tablet	B-Device
replacement	O
by	O
community	O
and	O
reviewer/publisher	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
capabilities	O
on	O
browsing	O
the	O
internet	O
and	O
multimedia	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Booklets	O
are	O
dual-touchscreen	B-Device
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
with	O
a	O
clamshell	O
design	O
that	O
can	O
fold	O
like	O
a	O
laptop	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
include	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Courier	I-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
discontinued	O
in	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
Sony	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
P	I-Application
(	O
considered	O
a	O
flop	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Toshiba	B-Device
Libretto	I-Device
W100	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Customized	O
business	O
tablets	B-Device
are	O
built	O
specifically	O
for	O
a	O
business	O
customer	O
's	O
particular	O
needs	O
from	O
a	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
perspective	O
,	O
and	O
delivered	O
in	O
a	O
business-to-business	O
transaction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
in	O
hardware	O
,	O
a	O
transportation	O
company	O
may	O
find	O
that	O
the	O
consumer-grade	O
GPS	O
module	O
in	O
an	O
off-the-shelf	O
tablet	B-Device
provides	O
insufficient	O
accuracy	O
,	O
so	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
can	O
be	O
customized	O
and	O
embedded	O
with	O
a	O
professional-grade	O
antenna	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
better	O
GPS	O
signal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
tablets	B-Device
may	O
also	O
be	O
ruggedized	B-Device
for	O
field	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
software	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
same	O
transportation	O
company	O
might	O
remove	O
certain	O
software	O
functions	O
in	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
system	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
internet	B-Application
browser	I-Application
,	O
to	O
reduce	O
costs	O
from	O
needless	O
cellular	O
network	O
data	O
consumption	O
of	O
an	O
employee	O
,	O
and	O
add	O
custom	O
package	O
management	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
applications	O
may	O
call	O
for	O
a	O
resistive	B-Device
touchscreen	I-Device
and	O
other	O
special	O
hardware	O
and	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
table	O
ordering	O
tablet	B-Device
is	O
a	O
touchscreen	B-Device
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
designed	O
for	O
use	O
in	O
casual	O
restaurants	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
the	O
two	O
most	O
popular	O
brands	O
were	O
Ziosk	B-Application
and	O
Presto	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
traditionally	O
E-readers	O
are	O
designed	O
primarily	O
for	O
the	O
purpose	O
of	O
reading	O
digital	O
e-books	O
and	O
periodicals	O
,	O
modern	O
E-readers	O
that	O
use	O
a	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
such	O
as	O
Android	B-Application
have	O
incorporated	O
modern	O
functionally	O
including	O
internet	B-Application
browsing	I-Application
and	O
multimedia	O
capabilities	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
Huawei	O
MatePad	O
Paper	O
is	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
that	O
uses	O
e-ink	O
instead	O
of	O
typical	O
LCD	O
or	O
LED	O
panel	O
,	O
hence	O
focusing	O
on	O
the	O
reading	O
digital	O
content	O
while	O
maintaining	O
the	O
internet	O
and	O
multimedia	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
E-reader	O
such	O
as	O
PocketBook	O
InkPad	O
Color	O
and	O
ONYX	O
BOOX	O
NOVA	O
3	O
Color	O
even	O
came	O
with	O
colored	O
e-ink	O
panel	O
and	O
speaker	O
which	O
allowed	O
for	O
higher	O
degree	O
of	O
multimedia	O
consumption	O
and	O
video	O
playback	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kindle	B-General_Concept
line	I-General_Concept
from	O
Amazon	B-Application
mostly	O
retain	O
on	O
the	O
E-reading	O
capabilities	O
,	O
however	O
the	O
recent	O
update	O
to	O
their	O
Kindle	O
firmware	O
had	O
allowed	O
the	B-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
reader	O
line	O
to	O
browse	O
the	O
internet	O
and	O
audio	O
playback	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
substitute	O
to	O
traditional	O
tablet	B-Device
due	O
to	O
more	O
readable	O
e-ink	O
panel	O
and	O
battery	O
life	O
,	O
while	O
still	O
allowing	O
user	O
to	O
access	O
to	O
wider	O
multimedia	O
capabilities	O
compared	O
to	O
the	O
older	O
model	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
major	O
architectures	O
dominate	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
market	O
,	O
ARM	B-Architecture
Ltd.	O
'	O
s	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
and	O
Intel	O
's	O
and	O
AMD	O
's	O
x86	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
's	O
x86	B-Operating_System
,	O
including	O
x86-64	B-Device
has	O
powered	O
the	O
"	O
IBM	O
compatible	O
"	O
PC	B-Device
since	O
1981	O
and	O
Apple	O
's	O
Macintosh	O
computers	O
since	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CPUs	O
have	O
been	O
incorporated	O
into	O
tablet	B-Device
PCs	I-Device
over	O
the	O
years	O
and	O
generally	O
offer	O
greater	O
performance	O
along	O
with	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
run	O
full	O
versions	O
of	O
Microsoft	O
Windows	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
Windows	O
desktop	O
and	O
enterprise	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Non-Windows	O
based	O
x86	B-Operating_System
tablets	B-Device
include	O
the	O
JooJoo	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
enter	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
market	O
with	O
its	O
Atom	B-Device
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
Intel	O
's	O
foundry	O
operation	O
announced	O
plans	O
to	O
build	O
FPGA-based	O
quad	O
cores	O
for	O
ARM	B-Architecture
and	O
x86	B-Operating_System
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ARM	B-Architecture
has	O
been	O
the	O
CPU	O
architecture	O
of	O
choice	O
for	O
manufacturers	O
of	O
smartphones	B-Application
(	O
95%	O
ARM	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
PDAs	B-Application
,	O
digital	O
cameras	O
(	O
80%	O
ARM	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
set-top	O
boxes	O
,	O
DSL	O
routers	O
,	O
smart	O
televisions	O
(	O
70%	O
ARM	B-Architecture
)	O
,	O
storage	O
devices	O
and	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
(	O
95%	O
ARM	B-Architecture
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
dominance	O
began	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
mobile-focused	O
and	O
comparatively	O
power-efficient	O
32-bit	O
ARM610	O
processor	O
originally	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Newton	I-Device
in	O
1993	O
and	O
ARM3-using	O
Acorn	O
A4	O
laptop	B-Device
in	O
1992	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chip	O
was	O
adopted	O
by	O
Psion	O
,	O
Palm	O
and	O
Nokia	O
for	O
PDAs	B-Application
and	O
later	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
camera	O
phones	O
,	O
cameras	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ARM	B-Architecture
's	O
licensing	O
model	O
supported	O
this	O
success	O
by	O
allowing	O
device	O
manufacturers	O
to	O
license	O
,	O
alter	O
and	O
fabricate	O
custom	O
SoC	O
derivatives	O
tailored	O
to	O
their	O
own	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
forced	O
unit	O
prices	O
down	O
to	O
a	O
fraction	O
of	O
their	O
x86	B-Operating_System
equivalents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
architecture	O
has	O
historically	O
had	O
limited	O
support	O
from	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
with	O
only	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
CE	I-Operating_System
available	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
the	O
2012	O
release	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
architecture	O
,	O
shipping	O
their	O
own	O
ARM-based	O
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
,	O
branded	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Surface	I-Device
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
x86-64	B-Device
Intel	O
Core	O
i5	O
variant	O
branded	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Surface	I-Device
Pro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
tablet	B-Device
chip	O
sales	O
were	O
1million	O
units	O
in	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
12million	O
units	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Intel	O
chairman	O
Andy	O
Bryant	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
its	O
2014	O
goal	O
is	O
to	O
quadruple	O
its	O
tablet	B-Device
chip	O
sales	O
to	O
40million	O
units	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
as	O
an	O
investment	O
for	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
key	O
component	O
among	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
is	O
touch	O
input	O
on	O
a	O
touchscreen	B-Device
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
navigate	O
easily	O
and	O
type	O
with	O
a	O
virtual	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
on	O
the	O
screen	O
or	O
press	O
other	O
icons	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
to	O
open	O
apps	O
or	O
files	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
tablet	B-Device
to	O
do	O
this	O
was	O
the	O
GRiDPad	B-Device
by	O
GRiD	O
Systems	O
Corporation	O
;	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
featured	O
both	O
a	O
stylus	B-Operating_System
,	O
a	O
pen-like	O
tool	O
to	O
aid	O
with	O
precision	O
in	O
a	O
touchscreen	B-Device
device	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
an	O
on-screen	B-Device
keyboard	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
must	O
respond	O
to	O
on-screen	O
touches	O
rather	O
than	O
clicks	O
of	O
a	O
keyboard	B-Device
or	O
mouse	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Touchscreens	B-Device
usually	O
come	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
two	O
forms	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Resistive	B-Device
touchscreens	I-Device
are	O
passive	O
and	O
respond	O
to	O
pressure	O
on	O
the	O
screen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
allow	O
a	O
high	O
level	O
of	O
precision	O
,	O
useful	O
in	O
emulating	B-Application
a	O
pointer	O
(	O
as	O
is	O
common	O
in	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
)	O
but	O
may	O
require	O
calibration	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
the	O
high	O
resolution	O
,	O
a	O
stylus	B-Operating_System
or	O
fingernail	O
is	O
often	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stylus-oriented	O
systems	O
are	O
less	O
suited	O
to	O
multi-touch	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Capacitive	B-Device
touchscreens	I-Device
tend	O
to	O
be	O
less	O
accurate	O
,	O
but	O
more	O
responsive	O
than	O
resistive	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
they	O
require	O
a	O
conductive	O
material	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
fingertip	O
,	O
for	O
input	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
not	O
common	O
among	O
stylus-oriented	O
devices	O
but	O
are	O
prominent	O
on	O
consumer	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
finger-driven	O
capacitive	B-Device
screens	O
do	O
not	O
currently	O
support	O
pressure	O
input	O
(	O
except	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
6S	I-Operating_System
and	O
later	O
models	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
some	O
tablets	B-Device
use	O
a	O
pressure-sensitive	O
stylus	B-Operating_System
or	O
active	B-Device
pen	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
tablets	B-Device
can	O
recognize	O
individual	O
palms	O
,	O
while	O
some	O
professional-grade	O
tablets	B-Device
use	O
pressure-sensitive	O
films	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
on	O
graphics	B-Device
tablets	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
capacitive	B-Device
touch-screens	B-Device
can	O
detect	O
the	O
size	O
of	O
the	O
touched	O
area	O
and	O
the	O
pressure	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
mid-2010s	O
,	O
most	O
tablets	B-Device
use	O
capacitive	B-Device
touchscreens	I-Device
with	O
multi-touch	B-Application
,	O
unlike	O
earlier	O
resistive	B-Device
touchscreen	I-Device
devices	O
which	O
users	O
needed	O
styluses	O
to	O
perform	O
inputs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
also	O
electronic	O
paper	O
tablets	B-Device
such	O
as	O
Sony	O
Digital	O
Paper	O
DPTS1	O
and	O
reMarkable	O
that	O
use	O
E	O
ink	B-Application
for	O
its	O
display	B-Device
technology	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
tablets	B-Device
support	O
a	O
stylus	B-Operating_System
and	O
support	O
handwriting	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Wacom	O
and	O
N-trig	B-Device
digital	B-Device
pens	I-Device
provide	O
approximately	O
2500	O
DPI	O
resolution	O
for	O
handwriting	O
,	O
exceeding	O
the	O
resolution	O
of	O
capacitive	B-Device
touch	B-Device
screens	I-Device
by	O
more	O
than	O
a	O
factor	O
of	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pressure	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
in	O
digital	O
art	B-Application
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Autodesk	B-Operating_System
Sketchbook	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apps	O
exist	O
on	O
both	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
platforms	I-Application
for	O
handwriting	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
and	O
in	O
2015	O
Google	B-Application
introduced	O
its	O
own	O
handwriting	O
input	O
with	O
support	O
for	O
82	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
2007	O
,	O
with	O
access	O
to	O
capacitive	B-Device
screens	O
and	O
the	O
success	O
of	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
,	O
other	O
features	O
became	O
common	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
multi-touch	B-Application
features	O
(	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
user	O
can	O
touch	O
the	O
screen	O
in	O
multiple	O
places	O
to	O
trigger	O
actions	O
and	O
other	O
natural	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
features	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
solid	B-Device
state	I-Device
storage	I-Device
and	O
"	O
instant	O
on	O
"	O
warm-booting	O
;	O
external	O
USB	B-Protocol
and	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
keyboards	B-Device
defined	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
tablets	B-Device
released	O
since	O
mid-2010	O
use	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
an	O
ARM	B-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
for	O
longer	O
battery	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ARM	B-Application
Cortex	I-Application
family	I-Application
is	O
powerful	O
enough	O
for	O
tasks	O
such	O
as	O
internet	B-Application
browsing	I-Application
,	O
light	O
creative	O
and	O
production	O
work	O
and	O
mobile	B-Application
games	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
features	O
are	O
:	O
High-definition	O
,	O
anti-glare	B-General_Concept
display	I-General_Concept
,	O
touchscreen	B-Device
,	O
lower	O
weight	O
and	O
longer	O
battery	O
life	O
than	O
a	O
comparably-sized	O
laptop	B-Device
,	O
wireless	O
local	O
area	O
and	O
internet	O
connectivity	O
(	O
usually	O
with	O
Wi-Fi	O
standard	O
and	O
optional	O
mobile	O
broadband	O
)	O
,	O
Bluetooth	B-Protocol
for	O
connecting	O
peripherals	B-Device
and	O
communicating	O
with	O
local	O
devices	O
,	O
ports	B-Protocol
for	O
wired	O
connections	O
and	O
charging	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
USB	B-Protocol
ports	I-Protocol
,	O
Early	O
devices	O
had	O
IR	O
support	O
and	O
could	O
work	O
as	O
a	O
TV	O
remote	O
controller	O
,	O
docking	B-Device
station	I-Device
,	O
keyboard	B-Device
and	O
added	O
connectivity	O
,	O
on-board	O
flash	B-Device
memory	I-Device
,	O
ports	B-Protocol
for	O
removable	O
storage	O
,	O
various	O
cloud	O
storage	O
services	O
for	O
backup	O
and	O
syncing	B-Application
data	O
across	O
devices	O
,	O
local	O
storage	O
on	O
a	O
local	B-General_Concept
area	I-General_Concept
network	I-General_Concept
(	O
LAN	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
Google	B-Application
introduced	O
voice	O
input	O
in	O
Android	B-Application
2.1	I-Application
in	O
2009	O
and	O
voice	B-Application
actions	I-Application
in	O
2.2	B-Application
in	O
2010	O
,	O
with	O
up	O
to	O
five	O
languages	O
(	O
now	O
around	O
40	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Siri	B-Application
was	O
introduced	O
as	O
a	O
system-wide	O
personal	O
assistant	O
on	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Operating_System
4S	I-Operating_System
in	O
2011	O
and	O
now	O
supports	O
nearly	O
20	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
both	O
cases	O
,	O
the	O
voice	O
input	O
is	O
sent	O
to	O
central	O
servers	O
to	O
perform	O
general	O
speech	B-Application
recognition	I-Application
and	O
thus	O
requires	O
a	O
network	O
connection	O
for	O
more	O
than	O
simple	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tablets	B-Device
,	O
like	O
conventional	O
PCs	B-Device
,	O
use	O
several	O
different	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
though	O
dual-booting	B-Operating_System
is	O
rare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tablet	B-Device
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
come	O
in	O
two	O
classes	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Desktop	O
OS-based	O
tablets	B-Device
are	O
currently	O
thicker	O
and	O
heavier	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
require	O
more	O
storage	O
and	O
more	B-General_Concept
cooling	I-General_Concept
and	O
give	O
less	O
battery	O
life	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
can	O
run	O
processor-intensive	O
graphical	O
applications	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
,	O
and	O
have	O
more	O
ports	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile-based	O
tablets	B-Device
are	O
the	O
reverse	O
,	O
and	O
run	O
only	O
mobile	B-Application
apps	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
the	O
battery	O
to	O
last	O
much	O
longer	O
than	O
the	O
common	O
laptop	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Q1	O
2018	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
tablets	B-Device
had	O
62%	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
iOS	B-Application
had	O
23.4	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
had	O
14.6	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
late	O
2021	O
,	O
iOS	B-Application
has	O
55%	O
use	O
worldwide	O
(	O
varies	O
by	O
continent	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
below	O
50%	O
in	O
South	O
America	O
and	O
Africa	O
)	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
45%	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Still	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
tablets	B-Device
have	O
more	O
use	O
than	O
iOS	B-Application
in	O
virtually	O
all	O
countries	O
,	O
except	O
for	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
is	O
a	O
Linux-based	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
that	O
Google	B-Application
offers	O
as	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
under	O
the	O
Apache	B-Application
license	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
designed	O
primarily	O
for	O
mobile	B-Application
devices	I-Application
such	O
as	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
supports	O
low-cost	O
ARM	B-Architecture
systems	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
tablets	B-Device
running	O
Android	B-Application
were	O
released	O
in	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vendors	O
such	O
as	O
Motorola	O
and	O
Lenovo	O
delayed	O
deployment	O
of	O
their	O
tablets	B-Device
until	O
after	O
2011	O
,	O
when	O
Android	B-Application
was	O
reworked	O
to	O
include	O
more	O
tablet	B-Device
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
3.0	I-Application
(	O
Honeycomb	B-Application
)	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
2011	O
and	O
later	O
versions	O
support	O
larger	O
screen	O
sizes	O
,	O
mainly	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
and	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
the	B-Application
Google	I-Application
Play	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Android	B-Application
includes	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
,	O
middleware	B-General_Concept
and	O
key	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
vendors	O
sell	O
customized	O
Android	B-Application
tablets	B-Device
,	O
such	O
as	O
Kindle	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
and	O
Nook	B-Application
,	O
which	O
are	O
used	O
to	O
consume	O
mobile	O
content	O
and	O
provide	O
their	O
own	O
app	B-Application
store	I-Application
,	O
rather	O
than	O
using	O
the	O
larger	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
system	O
,	O
thereby	O
fragmenting	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
market	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
Google	B-Application
began	O
to	O
re-emphasize	O
in-house	O
Android	B-Application
tablet	B-Device
development	O
—	O
at	O
this	O
point	O
,	O
a	O
multi-year	O
commitment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
few	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
are	O
shipped	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
Go	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
mentioned	O
above	O
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
Fire	I-Application
OS	I-Application
is	O
an	O
Android-based	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
produced	O
by	O
Amazon	B-Application
for	O
its	O
Fire	B-Application
range	O
of	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
forked	O
from	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fire	B-Application
OS	I-Application
primarily	O
centers	O
on	O
content	O
consumption	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
customized	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
heavy	O
ties	O
to	O
content	O
available	O
from	O
Amazon	B-Application
's	O
own	O
storefronts	O
and	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
devices	O
that	O
run	O
ChromeOS	B-Operating_System
came	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
in	O
2017	O
–	O
2019	O
,	O
as	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
or	O
as	O
2-in-1s	O
with	O
touchscreen	B-Device
and	O
360-degree	O
hinge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HarmonyOS	O
(	O
HMOS	O
)	O
(	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
distributed	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
developed	O
by	O
Huawei	O
to	O
collaborate	O
and	O
interconnect	O
with	O
multiple	O
smart	O
devices	O
on	O
the	B-Operating_System
Internet	I-Operating_System
of	I-Operating_System
Things	I-Operating_System
ecosystem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
its	O
current	O
multi-kernel	B-Operating_System
design	O
,	O
the	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
selects	O
suitable	O
kernels	B-Operating_System
from	O
the	O
abstraction	B-Architecture
layer	I-Architecture
for	O
devices	O
with	O
diverse	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
IoT	B-Operating_System
devices	O
,	O
the	O
system	O
is	O
known	O
to	O
be	O
based	O
on	O
LiteOS	B-Operating_System
kernel	B-Operating_System
;	O
while	O
for	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
it	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
layer	O
with	O
AOSP	B-Application
libraries	O
to	O
support	O
APK	B-Application
apps	O
using	O
ART	B-Application
through	O
the	O
Ark	O
Compiler	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
native	O
HarmonyOS	O
apps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
iPad	B-Device
runs	O
on	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
the	O
introduction	O
of	O
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
in	O
2019	O
,	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
ran	O
iOS	B-Application
,	O
which	O
was	O
created	O
for	O
the	O
iPhone	B-Device
and	O
iPod	B-Device
Touch	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	B-Operating_System
iPad	I-Operating_System
was	O
released	O
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
built	O
on	O
the	O
same	O
underlying	O
Unix	B-Application
implementation	O
as	O
macOS	B-Application
,	O
its	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
is	O
radically	O
different	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
is	O
designed	O
for	O
touch	O
input	O
from	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
fingers	O
and	O
has	O
none	O
of	O
the	O
features	O
that	O
required	O
a	O
stylus	B-Operating_System
on	O
earlier	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
introduced	O
multi-touch	B-Application
gestures	B-General_Concept
,	O
such	O
as	O
moving	O
two	O
fingers	O
apart	O
or	O
together	O
to	O
zoom	O
in	O
or	O
out	O
,	O
also	O
termed	O
pinch	B-Application
to	I-Application
zoom	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
iPadOS	B-Operating_System
and	O
iOS	B-Application
are	O
built	O
for	O
the	O
ARM	B-Architecture
architecture	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kindle	O
firmware	O
is	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
specifically	O
design	O
for	O
Amazon	B-Application
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
e-readers	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
custom	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
however	O
it	O
is	O
entirely	O
closed-source	O
and	O
proprietary	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
runs	O
on	O
Amazon	B-General_Concept
Kindle	I-General_Concept
line	O
up	O
manufactured	O
under	O
Amazon	B-Application
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
Switch	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
software	I-Operating_System
(	O
also	O
known	O
by	O
its	O
codename	O
Horizon	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
updatable	O
firmware	O
and	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
used	O
by	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
hybrid	I-Application
video	I-Application
game	I-Application
console/tablet	I-Application
and	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Switch	I-Device
Lite	I-Device
handheld	I-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Vita	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
software	I-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
official	O
firmware	O
and	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Device
TV	I-Device
video	O
game	O
consoles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Vita	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
software	I-Operating_System
has	O
one	O
optional	O
add-on	O
component	O
,	O
the	O
PlayStation	O
Mobile	O
Runtime	O
Package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
system	O
is	O
built	O
on	O
a	O
Unix-base	O
which	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
FreeBSD	O
and	O
NetBSD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
it	O
capabilities	O
on	O
browsing	O
the	O
internet	O
and	O
multimedia	O
capabilities	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
treat	O
as	O
an	O
gaming	O
tablet	B-Device
or	O
tablet	B-Device
replacement	O
by	O
community	O
and	O
reviewer/publisher	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubuntu	B-Protocol
Touch	I-Protocol
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
(	O
GPL	B-License
)	O
mobile	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
originally	O
developed	O
in	O
2013	O
by	O
Canonical	O
Ltd	O
.	O
and	O
continued	O
by	O
the	O
non-profit	O
UBports	B-Protocol
Foundation	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ubuntu	B-Protocol
Touch	I-Protocol
can	O
run	O
on	O
a	O
pure	O
GNU/Linux	B-Application
base	O
on	O
phones	O
with	O
the	O
required	O
drivers	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Librem	B-Application
5	I-Application
and	O
the	O
PinePhone	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
enable	O
hardware	O
that	O
was	O
originally	O
shipped	O
with	O
Android	B-Application
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Protocol
Touch	I-Protocol
makes	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Android	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
kernel	B-Operating_System
,	O
using	O
Android	B-Application
drivers	O
and	O
services	O
via	O
an	O
LXC	B-Application
container	O
,	O
but	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
Java-like	O
code	O
of	O
Android	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
February	O
2022	O
,	O
Ubuntu	B-Protocol
Touch	I-Protocol
is	O
available	O
on	O
78	O
phones	O
and	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
UBports	B-Protocol
Installer	O
serves	O
as	O
an	O
easy-to-use	O
tool	O
to	O
allow	O
inexperienced	O
users	O
to	O
install	O
the	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
on	O
third-party	O
devices	O
without	O
damaging	O
their	O
hardware	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Windows	B-Device
for	I-Device
Pen	I-Device
Computing	I-Device
for	O
Windows	B-Application
3.1	I-Application
in	O
1991	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
supported	O
tablets	B-Device
running	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
under	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Device
Tablet	I-Device
PC	I-Device
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	B-Device
Tablet	I-Device
PCs	I-Device
were	O
pen-based	O
,	O
fully	O
functional	O
x86	B-Operating_System
PCs	B-Device
with	O
handwriting	O
and	O
voice	O
recognition	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
Tablet	B-Device
PC	I-Device
Edition	O
provided	O
pen	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tablet	B-Device
support	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
both	O
Home	O
and	O
Business	O
versions	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
Vista	I-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tablets	B-Device
running	O
Windows	O
could	O
use	O
the	O
touchscreen	B-Device
for	O
mouse	B-Device
input	I-Device
,	O
hand	O
writing	O
recognition	O
and	O
gesture	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
Tablet	B-Device
PC	I-Device
,	O
Microsoft	O
announced	O
the	O
Ultra-mobile	B-Device
PC	I-Device
initiative	O
in	O
2006	O
which	O
brought	O
Windows	O
tablets	B-Device
to	O
a	O
smaller	O
,	O
touch-centric	O
form	O
factor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2008	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
showed	O
a	O
prototype	B-Application
of	O
a	O
two-screen	O
tablet	B-Device
called	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Courier	I-Application
,	O
but	O
cancelled	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
released	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
,	O
which	O
features	O
significant	O
changes	O
to	O
various	O
aspects	O
of	O
the	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
's	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
and	O
platform	O
which	O
are	O
designed	O
for	O
touch-based	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
also	O
introduced	O
an	O
application	B-Application
store	I-Application
and	O
a	O
new	O
style	O
of	O
application	O
optimized	O
primarily	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
tablets	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
also	O
introduced	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
RT	I-Operating_System
,	O
an	O
edition	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
for	O
use	O
on	O
ARM-based	O
devices	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
launch	O
of	O
Windows	B-Application
8	I-Application
and	O
RT	O
was	O
accompanied	O
by	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
devices	O
with	O
the	O
two	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
by	O
various	O
manufacturers	O
(	O
including	O
Microsoft	O
themselves	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Surface	B-Device
)	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
slate	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
hybrids	O
,	O
and	O
convertibles	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
July	O
2015	O
,	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
introduces	O
what	O
Microsoft	O
described	O
as	O
"	O
universal	O
apps	O
"	O
;	O
expanding	O
on	O
Metro-style	O
apps	O
,	O
these	O
apps	O
can	O
be	O
designed	O
to	O
run	O
across	O
multiple	O
Microsoft	O
product	O
families	O
with	O
nearly	O
identical	O
code‍	O
–	O
‌including	O
PCs	B-Device
,	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
embedded	B-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
,	O
Xbox	B-Device
One	I-Device
,	O
Surface	B-Device
Hub	O
and	O
Windows	B-General_Concept
Holographic	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
was	O
revised	O
to	O
handle	O
transitions	O
between	O
a	O
mouse-oriented	O
interface	O
and	O
a	O
touchscreen-optimized	O
interface	O
based	O
on	O
available	O
input	O
devices‍	O
–	O
‌particularly	O
on	O
2-in-1	B-Device
PCs	B-Device
;	O
both	O
interfaces	O
include	O
an	O
updated	O
Start	O
menu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
replaced	O
all	O
earlier	O
editions	O
of	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Several	O
hardware	O
companies	O
have	O
built	O
hybrid	O
devices	O
with	O
the	O
possibility	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
both	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
(	O
or	O
in	O
rare	O
cases	O
Windows	B-Device
8.1	I-Device
,	O
as	O
with	O
the	O
,	O
by	O
now	O
cancelled	O
,	O
Asus	B-Application
Transformer	I-Application
Book	I-Application
Duet	I-Application
)	O
,	O
while	O
Ars	O
Technica	O
stated	O
:	O
"	O
dual-OS	O
devices	O
are	O
always	O
terrible	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
almost	O
never	O
cross-communicate	O
,	O
so	O
any	O
dual-OS	O
device	O
means	O
dealing	O
with	O
separate	O
apps	O
,	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
storage	O
pools	O
and	O
completely	O
different	O
UI	O
paradigms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
from	O
a	O
consumer	O
perspective	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Google	B-Application
are	O
really	O
just	O
saving	O
OEMs	O
from	O
producing	O
tons	O
of	O
clunky	O
devices	O
that	O
no	O
one	O
will	O
want.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
(	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
OS	O
)	O
is	O
from	O
BlackBerry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
smartphone	B-Application
OS	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
closed-source	O
and	O
proprietary	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
runs	O
on	O
phones	O
and	O
tablets	B-Device
manufactured	O
by	O
BlackBerry	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
of	O
the	O
dominant	O
platforms	B-Device
in	O
the	O
world	O
in	O
the	O
late	O
2000s	O
,	O
its	O
global	O
market	O
share	O
was	O
reduced	O
significantly	O
by	O
the	O
mid-2010s	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
10	I-Application
would	O
not	O
receive	O
any	O
major	O
updates	O
as	O
BlackBerry	O
and	O
its	O
partners	O
would	O
focus	O
more	O
on	O
their	O
Android	B-Application
base	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlackBerry	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
OS	I-Application
is	O
an	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
from	O
BlackBerry	O
Ltd	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
Neutrino	I-Operating_System
real-time	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
designed	O
to	O
run	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
AIR	I-Operating_System
and	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
WebWorks	I-Application
applications	O
,	O
currently	O
available	O
for	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
PlayBook	I-Application
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
OS	I-Application
is	O
the	O
first	O
tablet	B-Device
running	O
an	O
operating	B-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
from	O
QNX	B-Operating_System
(	O
now	O
a	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
RIM	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BlackBerry	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
OS	I-Application
supports	O
standard	O
BlackBerry	O
Java	B-Language
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
apps	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
announced	O
,	O
through	O
sandbox	O
"	O
app	B-Application
players	O
"	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
ported	O
by	O
developers	O
or	O
installed	O
through	O
sideloading	O
by	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
OS	I-Application
Native	B-Application
Development	I-Application
Kit	I-Application
,	O
to	O
develop	O
native	O
applications	O
with	O
the	O
GNU	B-Application
toolchain	I-Application
is	O
currently	O
in	O
closed	O
beta	O
testing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
device	O
to	O
run	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
Tablet	I-Application
OS	I-Application
was	O
the	O
BlackBerry	B-Application
PlayBook	I-Application
tablet	B-Device
computer	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apps	O
that	O
do	O
not	O
come	O
pre-installed	O
with	O
the	O
system	O
are	O
supplied	O
through	O
online	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
sources	O
,	O
termed	O
app	B-Application
stores	I-Application
,	O
provide	O
centralized	O
catalogs	O
of	O
software	O
and	O
allow	O
"	O
one	O
click	O
"	O
on-device	O
software	O
purchasing	O
,	O
installation	O
and	O
updates	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mobile	B-Application
device	I-Application
suppliers	O
may	O
adopt	O
a	O
"	B-Application
walled	I-Application
garden	I-Application
"	I-Application
approach	O
,	O
wherein	O
the	O
supplier	O
controls	O
what	O
software	O
applications	O
(	O
"	O
apps	O
"	O
)	O
are	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kits	I-Application
are	O
restricted	O
to	O
approved	O
software	O
developers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
,	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
Amazon	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	O
and	O
Barnes	O
&	O
Noble	O
all	O
adopted	O
the	O
strategy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
and	O
IBM	O
have	O
agreed	O
to	O
cooperate	O
in	O
cross-selling	O
IBM-developed	O
applications	O
for	O
iPads	B-Device
and	O
iPhones	B-Device
in	O
enterprise-level	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Proponents	O
of	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
say	O
that	O
the	O
iPad	B-Device
(	O
or	O
such	O
"	B-Application
walled	I-Application
garden	I-Application
"	I-Application
app	B-Application
store	I-Application
approach	O
)	O
violates	O
the	O
spirit	O
of	O
personal	O
control	O
that	O
traditional	O
personal	B-Device
computers	I-Device
have	O
always	O
provided	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
2010	O
,	O
tablet	B-Device
use	O
by	O
businesses	O
jumped	O
,	O
as	O
business	O
began	O
to	O
use	O
them	O
for	O
conferences	O
,	O
events	O
,	O
and	O
trade	O
shows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Intel	O
reported	O
that	O
their	O
tablet	B-Device
program	O
improved	O
productivity	O
for	O
about	O
19,000	O
of	O
their	O
employees	O
by	O
an	O
average	O
of	O
57	O
minutes	O
a	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2012	O
,	O
display	O
screen	O
shipments	O
for	O
tablets	B-Device
began	O
surpassing	O
shipments	O
for	O
laptop	B-Device
display	O
screens	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tablets	B-Device
became	O
increasingly	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
construction	O
industry	O
to	O
look	O
at	O
blueprints	B-Application
,	O
field	O
documentation	O
and	O
other	O
relevant	O
information	O
on	O
the	O
device	O
instead	O
of	O
carrying	O
around	O
large	O
amounts	O
of	O
paper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Time	O
described	O
the	O
product	O
's	O
popularity	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
global	O
tablet	B-Device
craze	O
"	O
in	O
a	O
November	O
2012	O
article	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
44%	O
of	O
US	O
online	O
consumers	O
owned	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
a	O
significant	O
jump	O
from	O
5%	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tablet	B-Device
use	O
also	O
became	O
increasingly	O
common	O
among	O
children	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
2014	O
,	O
nearly	O
two-thirds	O
of	O
American	O
2	O
-	O
to	O
10-year-olds	O
have	O
access	O
to	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
or	O
e-reader	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
large	O
use	O
of	O
tablets	B-Device
by	O
adults	O
is	O
as	O
a	O
personal	O
internet-connected	O
TV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
2015	O
study	O
found	O
that	O
a	O
third	O
of	O
children	O
under	O
five	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
tablet	B-Device
device	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
fast	O
rise	O
in	O
sales	O
during	O
the	O
early	O
2010s	O
,	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
market	O
had	O
plateaud	O
in	O
2015	O
and	O
by	O
Q3	O
2018	O
sales	O
had	O
declined	O
by	O
35%	O
from	O
its	O
Q3	O
2014	O
peak	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
spite	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
tablet	B-Device
sales	O
worldwide	O
had	O
surpassed	O
sales	O
of	O
desktop	B-Device
computers	I-Device
in	O
2017	O
,	O
and	O
worldwide	O
PC	B-Device
sales	O
were	O
flat	O
for	O
the	O
first	O
quarter	O
of	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2020	O
the	O
tablet	B-Device
market	O
saw	O
a	O
large	O
surge	O
in	O
sales	O
with	O
164	O
million	O
tablet	B-Device
units	O
being	O
shipped	O
worldwide	O
due	O
to	O
a	O
large	O
demand	O
for	O
work	O
from	O
home	O
and	O
online	O
learning	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
a	O
survey	O
conducted	O
by	O
the	O
Online	O
Publishers	O
Association	O
(	O
OPA	O
)	O
now	O
called	O
Digital	O
Content	O
Next	O
(	O
DCN	O
)	O
in	O
March	O
2012	O
,	O
it	O
found	O
that	O
72%	O
of	O
tablet	B-Device
owners	O
had	O
an	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
while	O
32%	O
had	O
an	O
Android	B-Application
tablet	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2012	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
tablet	B-Device
adoption	O
had	O
increased	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
52%	O
of	O
tablet	B-Device
owners	O
owned	O
an	O
iPad	B-Device
,	O
while	O
51%	O
owned	O
an	O
Android-powered	O
tablet	B-Device
(	O
percentages	O
do	O
not	O
add	O
up	O
to	O
100%	O
because	O
some	O
tablet	B-Device
owners	O
own	O
more	O
than	O
one	O
type	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
end	O
of	O
2013	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
's	O
market	O
share	O
rose	O
to	O
61.9	O
%	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
iOS	B-Application
at	O
36%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
late	O
2014	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
's	O
market	O
share	O
rose	O
to	O
72%	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
iOS	B-Application
at	O
22.3	O
%	O
and	O
Windows	O
at	O
5.7	O
%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
early	O
2016	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
has	O
65%	O
marketshare	O
,	O
Apple	O
has	O
26%	O
and	O
Windows	O
has	O
9%	O
marketshare	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Q1	O
2018	O
,	O
Android	B-Application
tablets	B-Device
had	O
62%	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
,	O
Apple	O
's	O
iOS	B-Application
had	O
23.4	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
and	O
Windows	B-Operating_System
10	I-Operating_System
had	O
14.6	O
%	O
of	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
blue	O
wavelength	O
of	O
light	O
from	O
back-lit	O
tablets	B-Device
may	O
impact	O
one	O
's	O
ability	O
to	O
fall	O
asleep	O
when	O
reading	O
at	O
night	O
,	O
through	O
the	O
suppression	O
of	O
melatonin	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Experts	O
at	O
Harvard	O
Medical	O
School	O
suggest	O
limiting	O
tablets	B-Device
for	O
reading	O
use	O
in	O
the	O
evening	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
PC	B-Device
app	B-Application
such	O
as	O
F.lux	B-Operating_System
and	O
Android	B-Application
apps	O
such	O
as	O
CF.lumen	O
and	O
Twilight	O
attempt	O
to	O
decrease	O
the	O
impact	O
on	O
sleep	O
by	O
filtering	O
blue	O
wavelengths	O
from	O
the	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
iOS	B-Operating_System
9.3	I-Operating_System
includes	O
Night	B-Operating_System
Shift	I-Operating_System
that	O
shifts	O
the	O
colors	O
of	O
the	O
device	O
's	O
display	O
to	O
be	O
warmer	O
during	O
the	O
later	O
hours	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2014	O
,	O
EASA	O
issued	O
guidance	O
that	O
allows	O
EU	O
airlines	O
to	O
permit	O
use	O
of	O
tablets	B-Device
,	O
e-readers	O
,	O
smartphones	B-Application
,	O
and	O
other	O
portable	O
electronic	O
devices	O
to	O
stay	O
on	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
be	O
in	O
airplane	O
mode	O
during	O
all	O
parts	O
of	O
EU	O
flights	O
,	O
however	O
each	O
airline	O
has	O
to	O
decide	O
to	O
allow	O
this	O
behavior	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
French	O
historical	O
monuments	O
are	O
equipped	O
with	O
digital	O
tactile	O
tablets	B-Device
called	O
"	O
HistoPad	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
application	O
integrated	O
with	O
an	O
iPad	B-Device
Mini	I-Device
offering	O
an	O
interaction	O
in	O
augmented	O
and	O
virtual	O
reality	O
with	O
several	O
pieces	O
of	O
the	O
visit	O
,	O
the	O
visitor	O
being	O
able	O
to	O
take	O
control	O
of	O
their	O
visit	O
in	O
an	O
interactive	O
and	O
personalized	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satellite-connectivity-equipped	O
tablets	B-Device
such	O
as	O
the	O
Thorium	O
X	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
in	O
areas	O
where	O
there	O
is	O
no	O
other	O
connectivity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
United	O
States	O
Army	O
helicopter	O
pilots	O
are	O
moving	O
to	O
tablets	B-Device
as	O
electronic	B-Device
flight	I-Device
bags	I-Device
,	O
which	O
confer	O
the	O
advantages	O
of	O
rapid	O
,	O
convenient	O
synchronization	O
of	O
large	O
groups	O
of	O
users	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
seamless	O
updating	O
of	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
US	O
Army	O
chaplains	O
who	O
are	O
deployed	O
in	O
the	O
field	O
with	O
the	O
troops	O
cite	O
the	O
accessibility	O
of	O
Army	O
regulations	O
,	O
field	O
manuals	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
critical	O
information	O
to	O
help	O
with	O
their	O
services	O
;	O
however	O
power	O
generation	O
,	O
speakers	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
tablet	B-Device
rucksack	O
are	O
also	O
necessary	O
for	O
the	O
chaplains	O
.	O
</s>
