Windows tablets come in two variations: convertibleĪnd tablet. Most convertibiles and tablets run on Intel rather than AMD CPUs. exe apps, unlike Windows RT that only supports apps from the Windows Store. Windows 8 run on Intel and AMD machines and it supports Windows 7. Windows RT runs on ARM family CPUs like the NVidia Tegra 3 that's also used in Android tablets. It also has the standard desktop UI that's similar to Windows 7. In fact with the advent of Windows 8, most offer just touch.Ībove: the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Windows 8.1 tablet.Īt the end of October 2012, Microsoft released Windows 8 with the new Modern UI (Metro) that's geared towards touch. With the advent of the capacitive touch screen, first widely used in the iPhone, and Windows 7's significant support for both pen and touch input, we saw more tablets offering touch or both touch and an active digitizer with pen. The trackpads and eraser sticks built into notebooks, you'll probably love YouĬan also use the stylus as a mouse, pointing at items on screen, clickingīuttons, highlighting text and so on. With the screen rather than using an intermediary accessory tablet. Way Wacom digitizer (graphics) pads work, only you get to interact directly

To write on or point at something on the screen. Means you had to use the pen rather than your finger These older tablets were not always touch sensitive, which Included with the notebook (also called an active digitizer and digital pen). 7, 2002, Windows Tablet PCs featureĬolor screens that you can write, doodle, and draw on using a special EMR pen You'll find a variety of budget tablets at Best Buy, Fry's and other retailers, but these tend to lack 3G cellular radios for data and have lower resolution resistive touch screens rather than the capacitive multi-touch display used on the Galaxy Tab, Streak, Xoom and Apple's iPad running iOS. In early 2011 the Dell Streak 7 on T-Mobile and the Motorola Xoom on Verizon launched, both with dual core Tegra 2 CPUs and the Moto with Android OS 3.0 Honeycomb optimized for tablets. The Samsung Galaxy Tab is the first widely available, high quality Android tablet available in the US. Tablet Introduction, Everything You Need to KnowĪndroid tablets entered the market in late 2010, and we're sure to see a wide selection in 2011. Tablet Comparisons: MobileTechReview's Tablet Smackdowns Windows 8 & Windows 10 Tablets & ConvertiblesĪdditional Review Sections: Android Tablet Reviews Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 (has digital pen) Motorola Droid XYBoard 10.1 (10' Android, Xoom 2)

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