For the past couple of years, Microsoft has been subscribing a cure for PC users who don't want to type on a keyboard to take notes during a meeting. Take a tablet - a tablet PC that is. A number of ...

I’ve reviewed a number of attempts at new Tablet computers over the past few years. They were all based on the current Microsoft operating systems at the time (Win 95, 98, NT, 2000, or CE). They weren ...

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“Tablet PCs remain a niche product in the marketplace, used predominantly in vertical applications,” said Leslie Fiering, an analyst at Gartner Inc. in a recent conference presentation. The tablet ...

Manufacturers are having a field day with their new tablet PCs. Top vendors Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba say sales of their tablet PCs--tiny portable computers fitted with pens, touch screens and ...

SAN FRANCISCO --After a slow start, tablet personal computers are starting to take off, fueled by Microsoft's release of its operating system Windows XP Tablet PC and manufacturers rolling out a wider ...

Santa Clara, Calif. — The NPD DisplaySearch “Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report” shows tablet PC shipments, at 56 million units, declined year over year for the first time in the first ...

Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates here for the launch. Acer, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba are among the companies making the new tablet PCs, which are similar to notebook PCs. Most of the devices ...

When a new crop of tablet PCs debuts next week, they aren't likely to be cheap. Prices of tablet PC models from Acer, Toshiba and ViewSonic, posted on CompUSA's Web site this week, range from just ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The PC industry just had its best quarter since 2012. Tablet sales are cooling off. What in the name of desktop PCs, AOL and MySpace gives? An improving economy, the demise of Windows ...

When Microsoft chairman Bill Gates introduced the first tablet PC prototypes at the 2001 Comdex trade show in Las Vegas he predicted the devices would become the most popular form of PCs within five ...

Year-over-year tablet sales fell for the first time, analyst firm NPD DisplaySearch reported, evidence that the stratospheric growth of the tablet market may be leveling off somewhat. NPD declined to ...