A tablet personal computer (tablet PC) is a portable personal computer equipped with a touchscreen as a primary input device and designed to be operated and owned by an individual. Tablets may use virtual keyboards and handwriting recognition for text input through the touchscreen. All tablet personal computers have a wireless adapter for Internet and local network connection. However, since portable computer hardware components are low powered, demanding PC applications may not provide an ideal experience to the user.
This year is going to be the year of the touchscreen tablet, of that there can be no doubt. The iPad was release since 2007, but android only been around 2 years ago. Now andriod had top the world for handphone and tablet pc. So what is the impact of tablet pc?
Now allow me to walk you through the best 5 tablets that are set to tickle your fingertips later in 2011. Below are the charts:
| Samsung Galaxy Tab | Motorola Xoom | Blackberry Playbook | Apple iPad | Apple iPad 2 | |
| OS | Android 2.2 Froyo | Android 3.0 Honeycomb | Blackberry Tablet OS, based on QNX | iOS | iOS |
| Processor | Hummingbird 1GHz or 1.2GHz | Nvidia Tegra 2 1GHz dual core | TI OMAP 4430 1GHz dual core | Apple A4 1GHz | Arm Cortex 1.2GHz A9 dual core |
| Screen size | 7″ 1024×600 resolution | 10.1″ 1280×800 resolution | 7″ 1024×600 resolution | 9.7″ 1024×768 resolution | 9.7″ 2048 x 1536 |
| Display type | Capacitive multitouch | Capacitive multitouch | Capacitive multitouch | Capacitive multitouch | Capacitive multitouch |
| Connectivity | Wi-Fi (a/b/g/n), 3G HSPA, Bluetooth 3.0
WiFi only version will also be available |
Wi-Fi b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR +HID 3G, 4G upgradeable WiFi only version expected |
4G( 3G expected)
WiFi a/b/g/n Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR WiFi only version will also be available |
Wi-Fi a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR 3G UMTS/HSDPA GSM/EDGE WiFi only version also available |
Wi-Fi a/b/g/n
Bluetooth 2.1 +EDR GSM and CDMA chipset |
| Sensors | Geo-magnetic sensor
Ambient light sensor Accelerometer Gyroscope |
Gyroscope, Barometer, Accelerometer Ambient light sensor | 3-axis accelerometer | Accelerometer, Ambient light sensor | ? |
| Storage | 16GB or 32GB, with expansion via microSD | 32Gb, SD card support after software update | 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB | 16Gb, 32GB or 64Gb flash drive | 16Gb, 32GB 64Gb or 128Mb flash drive |
| Camera | 3MP or 5MP rear facing with auto-focus, LED flash
1.3MP front facing |
5MP rear facing with dual LED flash and 720P video capture
2MP front facing |
5MP rear facing
3MP front facing |
None | 1Mp rear and 0.3Mp front facing cameras |
| Carriers | AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-Mobile, US Cellular | Verizon | Sprint (4G version)
AT&T (3G, expected) |
AT&T (3G version) | ? |
| Price | $500 or $600 (no contract)
$250 (with contract) WiFi only $450 (expected) |
$700 (expected) | 8GB $399 6GB $499 32GB $599 (expected) |
WiFi only
16GB $499 32GB $599 64GB $699 WiFi+3G 16GB $629 32Gb $729 64Gb $829 plus data plan |
? |
| Availability | 3G: available now
WiFi only: Q1 2011 |
3G: Feb 17th 2011 (rumor)
WiFi only: April 2011 |
4G version: Q1 2011
WiFi only version: Q1 2011 3G version: Q1 or Q2 2011 |
All versions available now | Q2 2011 |
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