A tablet personal computer or tablet PC is tablet-sized computer that also has the key features of a full-size personal computer.

A tablet PC is essentially a small laptop computer, equipped with a rotatable touchscreen as an additional input device, and running a standard (or lightly adapted) PC operating system like Windows or Linux. The term was made popular with the Microsoft Tablet PC concept presented by Microsoft in 2001.[1] Today, the term tablet is also used to refer to computer-like devices operated primarily by a touch screen but not intended to run general PC operating systems or applications.

Tablet computers available in India Besides major players like Apple and Samsung, some handset makers such as Lava and G'Five are also planning to enter the tablet space. Besides major players like Apple and Samsung, some handset makers such as Lava and G'Five are also planning to enter the tablet space soon. Lava has announced it will launch its own tablet in September, whereas G'Five intends to do so within a month. G'Five is likely to be priced around Rs 10,000 and the Lava tablet will cost about Rs 17,000 to Rs 20,000. Lava, however, plans to develop cheaper tablet devices as well. HCL Me The Me tablets, introduced by HCL, run on Android 2.2 operating system. There are two different models of Me: one has a 7 inch screen and the other has a 10 inch screen. The HCL Me tablets come with HCL Touch functionality which allows users to access local content with the touch of a button. The 10 inch version of HCL Me has a resolution of 1024X600 pixels. It has a built in camera of 1.3 mega pixels, which could have been better. For location based services, it has GPS, ambient light sensor and accelerometer. Olive Pad Olive Pad has the distinction of becoming the first ever 3G Android tablet to be launched in India. It hit Indian stores in June 2010 carrying a price tag of Rs 25,990. It has a 7 inch screen with display resolution of 800X480 pixels and Android 2.2 Froyo operating system. It comes armed with a 600MHzQualcomm MSM 7227 processor and internal memory of 512 MB. It also has a 3 megapixel camera. It appears that users are still averse to spending an amount which would otherwise fetch them a low end laptop or desktop. MSI WindPad The MSI WindPad 100W tablet was announced for the Indian market just after the Apple iPad came to India. It runs on Windows 7 operating system with an Intel mobile processor. It comes armed with two cameras so people can also use it for video chatting.

MSI WindPad comes with a 10.1 inch touchscreen and the display has 1024X600 pixels resolution. Viewsonic ViewPad Viewsonic, a PC monitor manufacturer, has two tablets: one with a 10.1 inch screen and the other with a 7 inch screen. The 10.1 inch tablet has an Atom 1.66 GHz processor. It is expected in the Indian market soon. The smaller version has a 600 MHz processor and is good for only simpler tasks such as browsing the internet and using the word processor. Samsung Galaxy Tab The Samsung Galaxy Tab, which runs on Android 2.2, has a 1GHz Hummingbird processor. It is the first real competitor to Apple's iPad, and it priced at around Rs 30,000. It has a screen size of 7 inches (other screen sizes are also coming) and the tablet, unlike iPad, supports Flash Player 10.1. All the popular third party apps such as Facebook, Kindle and Qik come preloaded on the device. Apart from the tablets mentioned above, the Indian market is set to witness a flood of such portable devices. Among them include the Notion Ink Adam (Rs 25,000), BlackBerry PlayBook (Rs 22,000), Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 inch and 8.9 inch (Rs 25,000 to Rs 30,000) and Motorola Xoom (Rs 35,000). Reference:-http://www.themobileindian.com/news/1032_Tablet-computers-availablein-India

Olive Pad:OlivePad VT100 is a tablet computer phone designed and developed by Olive Telecomfor the Indian market. It was released on October 23, 2010. The tablet has a dimension 7-inches with a resolution of 800 x 480 on a capacitive touchscreen supporting multi-touch.[2] The tablet runs on Android operating system and offers video calling over its 7.2Mbps HSUPA 3G connectivity among other features.

Manufacturer Olive Telecom Type Web Tablet Release date October 28, 2010

Introductory price Operating system Power CPU Storage capacity Memory Display Input Camera Connectivity Dimensions Weight Website

16,990 Android 2.2 Li-Polymer, 3240mAH 667 MHz Qualcomm M7227 SD card up to 32 GB (ships with a 16 GB card) 512MB (internal) 7" Touch TFT, Resolution : 800 X 400, WVGA [1] Touchscreen Rear camera (3 MP), Front camera Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, USB 2.0, Bluetooth + EDR, 3G, GPS 179.4 mm (7.06 in) (h) 110.0 mm (4.33 in) (w) 11.5 mm (0.45 in) (d) 375 grams[1] www.olivetelecom.in/laptop/olivepad/

Blackberry playbook:-

The BlackBerry PlayBook is a tablet computer by Research In Motion (RIM), a Canadiancompany that produces consumer electronics, best known for the BlackBerry smartphone. The company indicated it would deliver the machine to enterprise customers and developers in October 2010, and release it to consumers in early 2011, putting it in direct competition with Apple's iPad, iPad 2, and a slew of Android powered tablets.[2] Also announced was a new operating system, the BlackBerry Tablet OS, based on QNX Neutrino, to run on the tablet.[3] The device was released for general purchase in the United States on April 19, 2011, and early sales figures note that approximately fifty thousand (50,000) were sold on launch day, and some analysts estimate RIM to sell 500,000 units during their first fiscal quarter ending in May

BlackBerry PlayBook was released in Canada and USA on April 19, 2011; in the UK[12] and the Netherlands on June 16, 2011;[13] and was released in the United Arab Emirates on June 25, 2011

Features of Blackberry Playbook:-

BlackBerry PlayBook

Developer Type Operating system Power CPU Storage capacity Memory Display Graphics Sound

Research In Motion Tablet, media player

Manufacturer Quanta Computer Release date April 19, 2011 BlackBerry Tablet OS (QNX) 5300 mAh 1 GHz Texas InstrumentsOMAP 4430 (CortexA9 dual-core) 16, 32 or 64 GB Flash 1 GB RAM 7" LCD display 1024 600 px (WSVGA) 16:9 aspect ratio (1080p HDMI output) PowerVR SGX540 Stereo microphones,loudspeakers Capacitive 4-point multitouchtouchscreen GPS 3-Axis Accelerometer 3-Axis Gyroscope[1] 3-Axis Magnetometer 5 MP 1080p HD video (rearfacing) 3 MP 1080p HD video(forwardfacing)

Input

Camera

Wi-Fi (802.11a/b/g/n) Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR Connectivity Micro-USB Micro HDMI Online services Dimensions Weight Website 7digital & BlackBerry App World 5.1" 7.6" 0.4" (130mm 194mm 9.7mm) 0.9lbs (425g) us.blackberry.com/playbook-tablet

Reception and Sales

Various sources put the sales figure on launch day alone at approximately 50,000, exceeding expectations.[25] RIM announced in its quarterly earnings that half a million PlayBook tablets were shipped in the first quarter, and expects to move almost a million in the second quarter of 2011. However, after luke warm market reception, there were reports that the company revised its secondquarter estimates down to 800,000 900,000 units