Tablet Pcs Wikipedia and Tablet Personal Computer

¶ … Tablet PCs Wikipedia and Tablet Personal Computer (PC) The Wikipedia article "Tablet Personal Computer" discusses tablet PCs and system software, and links to articles discussing display size trends and history. This article discusses the functionality of the small laptop computer, including its standard features. The article begins with a notice redirecting readers to another link for tablet computers if one is looking for information on non-Microsoft Windows-based tablet devices such as Android (Wikipedia 1).

This cross-reference is an excellent time-saver for anyone who mistakenly selected the wrong link, or who does not understand the differences between operating systems and device types. The "Tablet Personal Computer" article was last updated on August 20, 2011 and provides a complete and content-rich description of tablets and Windows system software in terms that are easy to comprehend. The article describes Microsoft Tablet PCs as pen-based fully functional Intel x86 devices with handwriting and voice recognition functionality (Wikipedia 1).

The article also mentions that tablet functionality is available in all editions of Windows 7 except the Starter edition. The Windows XP version included specialized support for pen input, however there is no longer a tablet specific version of Windows, with support instead being built into both Home and Business versions of Windows Vista and widows 7. In addition to discussing which versions of Windows support tablet functionality, the article reviews Windows applications, including Experience Pack and Education Pack and their respective features (Wikipedia 1).

There is also a detailed, user-friendly discussion of features and capabilities. The tablet PC includes personalized custom dictionaries to help with recognition of specialized vocabulary, such as medical and technical terms. Text prediction speeds up the input process by enabling faster note-taking (Wikipedia 1). For the sake of completeness and accuracy, the "Tablet Personal Computer" article also describes problems with OS functionality, when for example, touch screen drivers are recognized as PS/2 mouse input rather than a touch input device.

These problems can result in tablet functionality that is unavailable or severely restricted (Wikipedia 1). The article "Tablet Personal Computer" also summarizes the following non-Windows-based operating systems (OS), in addition to providing links to more detailed articles: Linux, Android and Chrome OS, webOS, MeeGo and Apple Mac OS. Each OS summary highlights device and application availability and functionality (Wikipedia 1). The history section of the article links to a discussion of tablet computing history from its earliest days until the present. The earliest U.S.

patent on an electrical stylus device for capturing handwriting was granted in 1888, followed by a handwriting recognition patent in 1915, which was followed by a touch screen handwriting input patent in 1942. From that point, the article describes technological advances that were made on a regular and frequent basis, right up to and including devices and applications released in 2011 (Wikipedia 1). The "Tablet Personal Computer" article provides no link to a Talk Page to discuss improvements, possibly because the content is not controversial nor is its utility and accuracy.