Tablet computer (iPad)
Tableta (iPad)
- Date
- 2010 · confidence high
- Place
- Apple, Cupertino, California, United States
- Credited to
- Apple; forerunners GRiDPad (1989) and Microsoft Tablet PC (2002)
- Field
- Knowledge & symbols
What it is
A touchscreen computer without a keyboard, the size of a magazine, with the iPhone's operating system and apps. It created a category between the phone and the laptop.
What it led to
- Media consumption and education on touchscreens
- Computing for children and older people without a learning curve
- The replacement of paper in aircraft cockpits, restaurants and hospitals
Built on
Made possible
- digital education
- touchscreen point-of-sale terminals