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Tablet PCs are a special kind of notebooks. Usually without keyboard
(or external and remote keyboard) they feature a touchscreen
(therefore they are also named Pen PCs) and a wireless LAN access.
In a certain sense they can be compared with PDAs. Microsoft has
created a special edition of their operating system for Tablet PCs
and published a so-called specification. In 2003 the first Tablet PCs
according to this specification entered the market. Though there
have been appropriate devices with Linux many years before. See the
survey of Linux touch screen laptops
and the
survey of Linux laptops with detachable displays
.
They are used for data acquisition in stores, in the field or in
hospitals. Or as a book reader browser (therefore they are also named
WebPads). Their hardware features require some dedicated Linux
solutions.
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