Tablet Computing - the Scientia Review

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History of Tablets
Tablets are a relatively recent product but their
development dates back as far as the 18th
century. Electronic devices with data input and
output on a flat, horizontal screen have existed
since 1888 with the Telautograph although the
touch screens we’re familiar with today weren’t
invented until the 1980s. Tablet-like computers
and other similar devices have been alluded to
in numerous films and movies before that. No
companies have successfully marketed a tablet
computer until the 21 century. In 2002,
Microsoft released their Tablet PC; however, it
didn’t take off due to price and usability
problems. In 2009, Android, one of today’s
dominating tablet manufacturers, released their
first tablet which used the Android 1.4 OS.
Since then, the tablet computer took off like a
rocket with large companies like Apple,
Microsoft, Amazon, Google, and Linux jumping
into the tablet marketplace.
The 1888 patent for the
Telautograph, the first electronic
device to record and output
information on a flat display
A tablet computer device is shown in the 1968 film
"2001: A Space Odyssey"