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Why The Tablet PC Is Getting Left Behind

Remember back a few years ago when tablet PCs were starting to emerge onto the notebook market? They were being heralded as the new experience to have with computers. Designed to fit into the lives of everyone who used a computer, they could not only improve the experience, but provide newer, innovative ways of using a PC itself.

Sounds great, doesn't it? And it's true that it did sound great a few years ago. But what's the reason for us hardly seeing tablet PCs if they sounded so great? Why is no one using them? And, more importantly, why is the standalone tablet, like the iPad, creating far more consumers of its own?

The answer lies in one simple fact; the software did not suffice for the change in hardware. Think about it: Microsoft Windows XP was built for the keyboard and mouse. Tablet PCs started to get announced around about that time, and when Windows Vista came out, it added a couple of features for touch screens. However, the main feel of the GUI (graphical user interface) didn't change at all. As a result, many people were faced with an experience that resembled attempting the clumsily navigate the various windows and programs of Windows with your larger-than-cursor sized fingertip. This put a lot of people off, gave tablets far too much bad press, and forced many manufacturers to abandon their tablet PC projects.

So, it was Apple then, that came and saved the day with a singular tablet device that had it's software taken from a mobile phone, and not a computer. Was this the right decision to make, and did it pay off? Most certainly.

The realization was in the fact that many PC manufacturers were, before, simply turning the display of their notebooks into a swivel-able touchscreen and expecting it to work brilliantly. The concept sounded great, but the application of it was not. And it is this issue that Apple addressed so well with the iPad.

With the lesson learned about software, many tablet PC manufacturers, such as Dell, stopped pouring all of their efforts into producing tablet PCs, and started producing standalone mobile tablets. This was part of an effort to replicate some of Apple's success in the tablet market: one that the competitors of Apple had been trying to spawn for years.

Now that the iPad and other tablet devices have been made so successful, will it perhaps be a possibility that the tablet PC is able to develop into a consumer-friendly device, and even make a resurgence? With the volatility and unpredictability of the consumer electronics market, not anyone really knows for sure. However, given the tablet PC's track record, it is clear that larger changes than before will have to be made in areas such as usability and software. There is a definite implementation for tablet PCs, and even a gap for another tablet market to be created within the consumer electronics sector. However, it seems like such a detailed and subjective task to carry out, that perhaps no manufacturer will ever get the tablet PC right, and will instead have to release several versions to meet different requirements.

 

 

 

 

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