Pen computing identifies a pc screen which uses the stress or touch of your pen or stylus as opposed to the keyboard or mouse or touchpad.
Pen computing technology, surprisingly enough goes in the past for the 1800s. An electric tablet useful for handwriting was patented in 1888.
In 1915 a system that analysed handwriting movements was invented.
In 1956 electronic text recognition, without a keyboard was developed. More modern pen computing predates mouse and keyboard technology by at least 20 years.
In the 1980s many companies were beginning to produce tablet type of devices.
At the same time desktop PCs and then laptops were being developed and becoming smaller in size and larger in technological sophistication as they progressed.
In the laptops, portability was greatly improved, but not quite there yet. It would take a tiny tablet with the versatility of use of a computer to be truly and inconspicuously convenient. It could be held in a purse or tiny case and lie on a conference table, no more in the way than a small book.
In 2000, Microsoft produced the Microsoft tablet PC running an enhanced Microsoft Windows operating system.
In 2003, Fingerworks came out with touch technology and this was developed into the interface for Apple iPhone.
In 2005, Google acquired 'Android' a little known cell phone software company. In Nov 2007, it was announced that they were developing a mobile device.The Cheap Android Tablet is coming.
Although around the cards for a time before, Apple caused a sensation with all the relieve its iPhone, and later, during the early 2010 its iPad, having its convenient finger touch interface as well as the technological world has been around a buzz of excited development, to maintain, and check out and improve with this device.
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