Apr 7 2011
Tablet PC
In a world where computers are becoming increasingly accessible and a quintessential part of everyday life, the Tablet PC is the perfect blend of portability and performance. Mainly built to be portable, the Tablet PCs weigh less and have a screen dimension that is ideal for its use.
The touch screen is a main feature of a tablet as it is the primary form of input. The on-screen keyboard can be tapped into using a stylus and else the input can be directly written on the screen. They have wireless access and also are built for lower power consumption. The tablet comes with its own set of software and applications designed sometimes, specifically for the Tablet itself. Another attractive feature is the fact that they screen can be twisted and turned at any angle desired.
History of the tablet PC
The Tablet PC concept is credited to come from computer giants Microsoft and was first exhibited in the year 2001. The Tablet PC then was running a copy of Windows XP. The Tablet PC market reaches out to office executives who need a computer at their sides all the time. It also caters to that group of tech savvy people who need a computer at their side to be connected to the world around them.
The recent craze in Tablet PCs has brought a wide range of products available in the market. The most popular is iPad, a product brought out by apple in April 2010 and had sold 3 million devices in 80 days. It’s well known for its handling of audio visual data and is credited to have multi-touch system. Also popular is the Samsung Galaxy Tab, designed by Samsung which is runs on the Android platform and has a seven inch screen. It became a hit for its dual camera, sleek design and comfortable size.
Tablet Pcs ooze out luxury and portability and although they are not affordable to all, they might hold the key to the future of mobile computing. The Tablet PC is here to stay and will be the focus of a lot of computer companies in this year.
Apr 7 2011
Smartphone
A smartphone as the word in itself says is a phone that is smart. What constitutes its smartness?? well for one it is a regular phone but on top on that it has additional features in it that are normally only found in a computer or a PDA. Some of these features include a word processor application or the ability to send and recieve emails. Smartphones also have an acitve operating system running it, which gives the users the ability to install their own applications and programs that they want to, thus breaking the boundaries that a normal phone has.
History of the Smartphone
The smartphone was developed around the year 1992 but it was until 1996 with the release of the Nokia 9000 that the smartphones were brought into the market as a viable option. As smartphones use operating systems, there were operating systems developed to accomodate this. The initial one being the Symbian OS which is still used today. Even Windows came up with is operating system for the smartphones and many phones were realeased which had the the tag of being Windows Powered Phones. By far, the most popular smartphone till date has been the Blackberry, which is the smartphone that most corporates use because of the business oriented feartures that are associated with it and also because of the support that it has for emails and other such office activity.
Equally influential was the release of the iPhone, which was the smartphone that was released by Apple which became an instant hit. The phone had features like multitouch and also has application that was unseen at that time. Around the same time, the Android operating system was released which had the support of Google and also was encouraged by a majority of the mobile phone makers at that time. Phones with Android became increasingly popular while the iPhone also had its second release with updated features and the ability to support 3G internet. The current share in the smartphone market is mixed with devoted followers of each brand.
The smartphone has the increasing capacity and is expected to sometime touch the power of a computer soon. Despite the fact that a whole office can be run on it and there are various application on it including maps and music player, the smartphone still does what it is supposed to do primarilly, and that is to be a phone and make and take calls.
Apr 7 2011
Music players
Music players have now become a part of everyday life and it’s now normal to see someone to listen to music in public, oblivious to anyone in their surrounding. Music has evolved greatly from walkmans to to CD players to the modern digital music players, also known as mp3 players. These days music players are not even confined to their name, they can even handle text, video and pictures.
Music players typically have a display made of LCD, and use flash as memory, they connect to the computer via USB and that is how they transfer of data takes place. The main format of music is mp3 and all music players can support this. Additional formats may also be supported. The storage capacity of the music players also vary. Initially they had no more than a few kilobytes, but now they have capacity in the form of gigabytes. They might also include other things like a camera.
History of music players
The first music player was the Rio PMP300 which came out in 1998. The most popular music player however has been the iPod, released by Apple in 2001. iPod sold its hundred millionth iPod at around 2007 and had a share of over 72 percent. The user interface and the sleek design have contributed to the iPod's success and the brand name of apple was sufficient for many to go with the product. Second in line is the Zune player brought out by Microsoft in 2006. It has also been popular and its software that came with has also been acclaimed. With a very crisp screen and a good look and feel to it, Zune too has its own niche in the market. There are also several other music players and some of them include the ones by Sony and the Zen player.
Music players are often a nice thing to have when there is nothing else to do but to listen to the smoothening sound of music. Music players might have not been that great a hit when they were first released, but they are now an integral part of our lives with it being irreplaceable.