2. 1888
The first electronic
handwriting tablet was
the Telautograph
1957
The first graphics
tablet resembling
contemporary tablets
and used for
handwriting
recognition by a
computer was the
Stylator
1964
The RAND tablet, also
called the Grafacon (for
'Graphic Converter') was
one of the earliest tablet
computers and sold for
$18,000.
3. 1972
The tablet officially
known as the Atlas DEC
PDP 15 was produced
for commercial
consumption by schools
and technology labs.
1979
Apple released a
Graphics Tablet in 1979
which enabled users to
draw on the tablet with a
wired stylus pen and
transfer those creations
over to their computer."
1989
The Grid Pad was one of
the very first portable
tablet PCs
4. 1991
An early tablet that ran
on
the PenPoint operating
systems for tablets and
PDAs. It cost a whopping
$4,765.
1993
This $1,599 portable
tablet, which also ran on
the PenPoint OS, came
with an integrated
cellular phone, a modem
and fax, a hard
drive, speakers and a
microphone.
1998
This tablet was one of
the very first to offer a
color touch screen.
5. 2001
Bill Gates himself debuted
this Compaq tablet PC at a
tech fair in 2001, predicting
that tablets would
dominate the PC
market within five years.
The device helped
popularize the term 'tablet
PC.'
2005
Though attaching physical
keyboards to tablet PCs
had become a trend by
2005, some devices
remained touchscreen-
only, such as the $1,899
Motion Computing LS800
tablet device.
2010
The $499 (minimum) Apple
iPad is being hailed by
Apple as a "magical and
revolutionary" device.
Reviewers
have raved about the
product, but its market
success remains to be
seen.
6. Today’s Drawing Tablet
Wacom’s Cintiq line of drawing tablets
is the cream to digital graphics editing
and creation, and of the crop when it
comes the 12WX long reigned as an
impressive entry-level option for those
with limited budgets and/or available
work space.
7. Site Resources
Huff Post Tech
Drawing Tablet
Timeline of the Drawing Tablet
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/15/history-tablet-pc-
photos_n_538806.html#s77827&title=RAND_Tablet_1964
Huff Post Tech
Drawing Tablet
Timeline Of the Drawing Tablet
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/15/history-tablet-pc-
photos_n_538806.html#s77827title=RAND_Tablet_1964
JMCVEY
Drawing Tablet
Timeline of the Drawing Tablet
http://www.jmcvey.net/cable/elements/telautograph1.htm
Wikipcpedia
Drawing Tablet
Timeline of the Drawing Tablet
http://wikipcpedia.com/wiki/on-the-move-%E2%80%93-progress-and-mobile-computing/keep-
taking-the-tablets/
Tech Crunch
Drawing Tablet
Timeline of the Drawing Tablet
http://techcrunch.com/2013/03/19/cintiq-13hd-wacom/
