By George Smith-Moore

Tablets

A tablet PC Is a wireless, portable personal computer with a touchscreen interface. Tablets would use the Intel x86 or the ARM architecture.Tablets also offer the touchscreen as the primary input device, with stylus pens optional.

Tablets

Definition

The main OS’s for tablets are: Android- Nexus 7 IOS- Apple iPad 3 (coming soon)

Windows 8- Microsoft surface.

Main Tablets.

OS

Tablets are used in the same way as laptops, to be used as a portable computer. Tablets are preferred as they are more compact and they have the primary input of touch. Because of this tablets are used to play games on the go, and watch videos on the go. They are also used for work and browsing the internet.

What’s it used for?

Android OS runs on many tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tablet 10.1, ASUS Transformer Pad.

Android is the newest leading OS along windows and apple.

Android OS is the first Open-Sourced platform, It is highly customisable but can be confusing for new people.

Android.

Google-Nexus 7

Weight340 grams

Size198.5 x 120 x

10.45mm

Display7” 1280x800 HD display (216 ppi)

Back-lit IPS displayScratch-resistant Corning glass

1.2MP front-facing camera

Battery9 hours of HD video

playback10 hours of web browsing

10 hours of e-reading300 hours of standby

OSAndroid 4.1 (Jelly

bean)

FeaturesWi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n

BluetoothMicrophone

NFC (Android Beam)Accelerometer

GPSMagnetometer

Gyroscope1.2Mp front-facing camera

Apple-iPad 3

Weight652 grams

Size241 x 185 x

9.4mm

DisplayRetina display

9.7-inch (LED-Multi-Touch display with IPS technology)

2048x1536-pixel resolution at 264 (ppi)

oleophobic coating

Battery10 hours internet browsing

Wi-Fi9 hours of internet browsing

mobile data network10 hours watching video or

listening to music

OSDual-Core Apple

A5X

FeaturesWi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n)

Bluetooth 4.05MP iSight camera/1080p recording

AutofocusAccelerometer

Ambient light sensorGyroscope

Built-in speaker/ microphoneVoice over screen reader/siri

Blackberry- PlayBook

Weight425g

Size194x130x10mm

Display7” display

1024x600 resolutionMulti-touch, capacitive touch

screen WSVGA

Battery10 hours of continual use

OSPlayBook OS 2.0

FeaturesSymmetric multi-processing

6-axis motion sensing (gyroscope)3MP front camera, 5MP rear camera

1080p HD recordingWi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n

Micro USB/HDMI portsMagnetometer

Stereo speakers/microphonesBlackberry Bridge