What is a tablet?


What is a tablet?
Tablets are portable touchscreen devices offering a middle ground between Laptops and Smartphones. They are most suitable for music, movies or surfing the web. Popular Tablets include the iPad, Samsung Galaxy Note, Blackberry Playbook and the new Windows 8 tablets. An intuitive Multi-Touch system lets you use your fingers to navigate the screen fluidly and naturally, easily accessing and controlling applications and Tablet functions.

Why buy one?
Tablets are simple and intuitive. While not ideal work devices, they can start in seconds and are invaluable for travel, daily correspondence and entertainment applications like surfing the web and watching movies.

Which operating systems do they use?
The most popular Tablet operating systems are Google's Android, Apple's iOS and Microsoft's Windows 8.

Android Tablets include various Smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy , Motorola Xoom, Archos Arnova and others. They feature excellent built-in video and music players and a fast, fully-functional web browser. Owners of iPads, iPhones or iPods will encounter Apple’s iOS, which offers simple, intuitive usage and gives access to the Apple App Store. This Operating System also enables your Tablet to interact with your Mac so that files can be shared between devices. Owners of iPads, iPhones or iPods will encounter Apple’s iOS, which offers simple, intuitive usage and gives access to the iOS app store. This Operating System also enables your Tablet to interact with your Mac so that files can be shared between devices.

Windows 8 will feature on a range of new tablets and is designed for touchscreen use. Although similar to previous versions of Windows, it offers a simpler, more visually interactive system with all your news feeds and favourite apps on the home page.
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