The Tablet Computers

In 2010, Apple put “iPad” into the market and expanded a new market. After that, the tablet classified into the smart phone equipped with AndroidOS which Google developed appeared. The number of people have a tablet computer is increasing now.

The sub topic of week 7 is “Tablet Computer.”

A tablet is a name attached to the thin plate peripheral equipment for computers, or computer products because the form is associated with lithograph. Pointing devices which takes a plate form is using the name of the tablet before. In recent years, however, especially the computer products of an all-in-one form equipped with the touch panel and the display are pointed out in many cases, and it is also called a tablet computer and a tablet terminal. I think I will introduce two products.

First, I introduce “iPad.” iPad is a tablet computer currently developed and sold by Apple. iPad was announced on January 27, 2010 in the product exhibition held in San Francisco. iPad has followed iPhone which is the mobile phone and iPod touch which are the portable media players which Apple puts on the market as a product, and many functions, such as the operation method by multi-touch and a design of a user interface, are shared. However, unlike iPhone, iPad does not have the telephone call function. There are two models of iPad has only the function of Wi-Fi and has the function of Wi-Fi and 3G. iPad put on the market now is the fourth generation and was announced on October 23, 2012. iPad adopts iOS which iPhone uses. As of September, 2012, the cumulative shipments of iPad is 98,150,000.

Specification of the fourth generation iPad

Operating system: iOS 6.0

CPU: 1.4 GHz dual core Apple Swift

GPU: Quad core PowerVR SGX 554MP4

Main memory: 1GB

Storage Capacity: 16, 32, or 64 GB flash memory

Display: 9.7 inches (250 mm) 2,048 × 1,536 px color IPS LCD display at (264 ppi) with a 4:3 aspect ratio, fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating

Dimension: 241mm(height), 186mm(width), 9.4mm(depth)

Weight: 652g

Second tablet computer is “Nexus7.” Nexus7 is Android tablet which Google sells. The feature of Nexus7 is high quality, high specification, and low price. Nexus7 is the tablet computer which is sold most in Japan now. It is said that Google expects the profit from contents service and sells it at the thin margin. I think I will buy it.

Specification of Nexus7

Operating system: Android 4.1

CPU: Quad core NVIDEA Tegra3 T30L 1.3GHz

Main memory: 1GB

Storage capacity: 16GB or 32GB

Display: 7 inches 1,280 × 800 px color IPS display at (216 ppi) with a 4:3 aspect ration

Dimension: 198.5mm(height), 120mm(width), 10.45mm(depth)

Weight: 340g

If you think to buy any tablet, I recommend Nexus7 to you. Because Nexus7 is much more cheaper than iPad, and specification is the same about iPad.