What is the difference between a iPad and tablet.?

[Thomas1977]

Is there really a difference between a iPad and a tablet and what is the difference? I would like to here your thoughts and comments about this.

 

[Jupiter7]

Hi Thomas, An iPad is a type of tablet.

 

[giradman]

OK Thomas - I'll bite - See the pic below for a definition of 'tablet' from a google search -

BUT - I'm assuming that you mean a 'tablet computer' - a generic term as defined below, which includes an iPad - so, do you have a more specific question(s) - Dave

A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a thin, flat mobile computer with a touchscreen display, which is usually in color, processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single device. Tablets often come equipped with sensors, including digital cameras, a microphone, and an accelerometer, so that images on screens are always displayed upright. The touchscreen display uses the recognition of finger or stylus gestures to replace the mouse, trackpad and keyboard used in laptops (Source).

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[Thomas1977]

I know what a iPad is I have a mini 2. But what I was trying to get at is the diiference between the iPad name besides Apple and a tablet.

 

[giradman]

I know what a iPad is I have a mini 2. But what I was trying to get at is the diiference between the iPad name besides Apple and a tablet.

Well, check the Wiki link given in my previous post - amazing how many other terms have been invented, based in part on the size of the screen - e.g. phablet - maybe the size between an iPhone and your iPad Mini - now there is the larger 12.9" iPad Pro, i.e. screen size like the the smaller Mac laptops - SO, possibly a lapblet? The future of these devices and what comes out 'in the wash' will be interesting - Dave

 

[Wing rider]

I've always thought of the word "Tablet" as a generic term for a non-PC type computing thing which could be an I-Pad, Andriod device or something like a Microsoft Surface.

 

[Thomas1977]

it could also be a pill. as I gotta take a tablet for my low thyroid and my high blood pressure every morning.

 

[jwt873]

What's the difference between a car and an automobile.

As indicated above, there are many definitions. But, in computing terms, a tablet is a thin computing device that you can hold in your hand.

They've been around for quite a few years, but Apple made the tablet mainstream when it introduced the Air.

See -> iPad: how Apple started a tablet revolution

 

[giradman]

.........As indicated above, there are many definitions. But, in computing terms, a tablet is a thin computing device that you can hold in your hand.

They've been around for quite a few years, but Apple made the tablet mainstream when it introduced the Air.................

Well, Apple certainly dominated the 'tablet market' in the first years of this decade (see first graph), but in recent years its share of the market has deteriorated (second graph) - I've not even tried other 'tablets' (wife had a nook for a short time), but will be interesting to observe these trends in the next few years. Dave
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[Thomas1977]

Even before the iPad there was something called the palm pilot a pda device made by us robotics in 1997.

 

[giradman]

Even before the iPad there was something called the palm .

Thomas - I went through probably 3 versions of the Palm Pilot, like the one below - forget exactly which ones, but used for contacts, databases, and other functions, including even able to get online; and had the plastic stylus. Dave
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[Thomas1977]

I never had one of those and I know there was also the blackberry.

 

[Jupiter7]

The Blackberry is a phone.

 

[scifan57]

The Blackberry is a phone.

The first Blackberry product was the Blackberry 850 from 1999, an interactive pager with limited email and web browsing capability. It did not have phone capabilities but did have cellular data capability.
The history of BlackBerry: in pictures

 

[giradman]

The first Blackberry product was the Blackberry 850 from 1999, an interactive pager with limited email and web browsing capability. It did not have phone capabilities but did have cellular data capability.
The history of BlackBerry: in pictures
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Boy, my Palm days - just reviewing the history HERE - cannot remember the year of my first Palm Pilot (maybe late 90s?) - probably went through at least 3 different models - recall the monochrome screen, the graffiti writing, and the dialup modem attachment - then onto color screens - was a remarkable little machine for its time - believe replaced w/ an iPod Touch 2G that was given to me by my son (still use it for my MP3 music) - Dave