Not exact matches
It was never possible that the 3G - enabled
tablet was going to make the
laptop computer obsolete, save the publishing world, upend
traditional marketing and buy everyone a Coke like the evangelizers claimed.
Tablet sales are a booming part of the computer market, while sales of
traditional PCs have fallen away: globally,
tablets are likely to outsell
laptops this year.
After trying this site out on my smartphone and
tablet I found it works just as well as the
traditional site get on my
laptop.
Chromebooks are a line of inexpensive
laptops running Google's Chrome browser and offering more
traditional laptop functionality than a
tablet.
While St Luke's is formalising the BYO device schedule, students are still encouraged to bring in their
tablets for the functionality they provide above a
traditional laptop as mentioned earlier.
Online training and eLearning would require a
traditional registration process, followed by a user log in page, but now, since browsers are available on phones,
tablets, and
laptops, online courses are not only restricted to desktops; courses are configured to all types of devices.
We also use Chromebooks,
tablets, desktop computers,
laptops, whiteboards, Promethean boards, and paper sorts from
traditional textbooks.
The latest displays and TVs will need to support the newest DCI - P3 Gamut in addition to the
traditional sRGB / Rec.709 that is now found on most current Smartphones,
Tablets,
Laptops, Monitors and HDTVs.
If anyone needed further proof of
tablet devices being more in vogue than the
traditional PCs, here it is: theBBC iPlayer app has seen almost a million downloads (941,000 to be precise) on
tablet devices from Dec 21 til the end of the year, surpassing the
traditional desktops and
laptops for the first time ever.
The content gets delivered over the air via Readwhere.com to their preferred reading device, which can be a smartphone,
tablet device, or the more
traditional laptop / desktop device.
While Apple can take some solace from the sale of its iPad devices, Microsoft is yet to establish a firm foothold in the
tablet and smartphone segment while its
traditional forte, that of desktops and notebook /
laptops, is fast eroding.
The
traditional computing platforms, such as the desktops,
laptops and notebook devices, face a continual threat from
tablet PCs.
The Transformer Book T100HA is a bit closer to a
traditional laptop, but the Transformer Mini is more portable in its
tablet mode, still has strong connectivity options, a nice display, all the necessary accessories, and that extraordinary battery life.
This year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas highlighted a number of
laptops with touch - screen functionality, including the HP Touchsmart tm2 and Fujitsu Lifebook T4410, designed with an eye toward both the
tablet and
traditional PC markets.
Traditional laptops and
tablet cellphones with back light displays disrupt sleep because they shine colorful lights towards your eyes and there's growing medical concern over harmful effects of such devices ranging from sleep disruption to weight gains.
However, all of that can change with the coming of Windows 8, the first Windows version that its makers claim has been optimized to work both on mobile computing platforms such as
tablet devices or
traditional computing devices such as the
laptops and desktop computers.
The growth of
tablet sales has been outstripping that of more
traditional desktop and
laptop personal computers for a while, and now it looks like we are finally approaching the
tablet / PC tipping point, where the cheaper, more portable
tablet is becoming the de facto PC: 2014 will be the year that
tablets account for 50 % of all «PCs» shipped globally, according to researchers at Canalys.
Here is something that promises to bring you the best of both worlds - the
traditional world of the
laptop / netbook on the one hand and the snazzy new world of
tablet PCs on the other.
However, when put up against a standard
tablet or
traditional ultraportable
laptop, it begins to show some weakness.
The growth of
tablet sales has been outstripping that of more
traditional desktop and
laptop personal computers for a while, and now it looks like we are finally approaching the
tablet / PC tipping poin
The iPad Pro is a stylish, powerful
tablet that, when combined with a keyboard and Apple Pencil, has the ability to stand toe - to - toe with
traditional laptops — despite running a mobile operating system in iOS 9.
The popularity of smartphones and
tablet computers have hurt sales of
traditional computers in the U.S. and other industrialized countries as consumers delay replacing their desktops and
laptops.
Designed and conceptualized in part by futurist / engineer / inventor Ray Kurzweil, Blio diverges from
traditional ereaders in a couple of ways: first, it's software, intended to be loaded on a variety of devices, from
tablets to iPhones to
laptops; and second, it's full - color, animated and interactive.
Acer designed the W700 as a
tablet that can replace a
traditional laptop, and as such, it has equipped the
tablet with a Ivy Bridge, 1.8 GHz Core i3 processor in its base configuration (upgradable to Core i5).
While the first of these needs no explanation, the others do: Tilt — lying on its back like a
traditional tablet, propped up by the bulge; Stand — standing upright like a
laptop screen; and Hang — when it's suspended from a hook.
Unless your knees are completely straight, you'll need to keep your hands on it to avoid it slipping off onto the floor — as all the «brains» of the Eee Pad Transformer are in the
tablet rather than the dock, the weight distribution is more top - heavy than a
traditional laptop.
Tablets are designed to bridge the gap between
traditional laptops, including ultrabooks, and smartphones.
Convertibles (also called 2 - in - 1s) have keyboards that fold around the back, so you can use them either as
traditional clamshell
laptops,
tablets, or at any position in between.
Microsoft's latest operating system works great on
traditional laptops and desktops, but also on
tablets and hybrids.
That number includes Windows Phones,
tablets running Windows as well as
traditional laptops and desktops.
The ZenPad 7.0 is essentially the same
tablet, only smaller and for some reason endowed with 3G connectivity as standard, while the ZenPad 10 borrows the optional keyboard docking station of the Transformer Pad line to provide a budget alternative for
traditional laptops and Windows - based Microsoft Surfaces.
I very much admire ASUS» commitment to further familiarize the
tablet form factor to
traditional laptop users.
This allows consumers to use the hybrid as a
traditional laptop or flip the
tablet around for a variation of presentation mode, made popular by the Lenovo Yoga series notebooks.
To turn your
tablet into a full
laptop replacement, you need a keyboard cover and probably a mouse too - again Windows and Microsoft have you covered, with a ton of official and unofficial accessories to choose from to turn your slate into a more
traditional computer at a moment's notice.
New 10 inch Windows
tablet comes with a detachable keyboard that turn it into a
traditional laptop.
However, there's a chance that the 13.3 - inch
tablet will also debut a few new software features that make it a good device for productivity, as Samsung has said that it hopes to blur the lines between what a
tablet and
traditional laptop are capable of, though this is simply speculation on our part.
«With today's arrival of Windows 8, use of
laptops,
tablets and mobile devices will change, leading to a different demand from customers for advanced touch functionality, but still maintaining some
traditional common input methods such as keyboard and mouse,» said Craig McLennan, VP Consumer Electronics, Samsung Canada.
Windows 10 and the hybrid machines it gave birth to and growing in popularity through their ability to bridge the gap between
traditional laptop and
tablet.
The
laptop has a
traditional convertible
tablet design, with a keyboard, and a touch screen that can be rotated and placed on top of the keyboard to record data.
If you want to buckle down and do serious work,
tablets are generally so limited you kind of have to go back to a
traditional laptop or desktop.
At $ 299 (and $ 50 to $ 99 more if you want to get a compatible stylus), schools might not have the budget to get both a
tablet and a
traditional laptop for students.
You can either attach the
tablet in the
traditional, front - facing
laptop orientation, or attach it facing out for use in presentations.
Hybrids are capable of functioning as a
traditional clamshell - style
laptop when you need them to, but can transform into
tablets when that's a more convenient form factor.
Chromebooks, and Chrome OS in general, have been on the up and up over the last few years with many turning to the platform as a means to replace
tablets and more
traditional laptops.
Bottom Line: The HP ZBook x2 is heavy and expensive, but this Windows
tablet's strong feature set gives creatives an excellent alternative to using a
traditional laptop or desktop.
So I don't quite understand why you think that a Surface can not replace a
traditional laptop when indeed my Surface has not only replaced my
laptop, it's also replace my
tablet and my Kindle!
Microsoft's latest operating system works great on
traditional laptops and desktops, but also on
tablets and hybrids.
Best: Microsoft's best Surface yet, Silverlake processor, the best
laptop /
tablet hybrid around Worst: Windows 10 still has issues, overall experience doesn't always compare to a
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For an all - round more
traditional laptop, you can always trust Dell, even when you're looking at a
laptop -
tablet hybrid.
In the midst of the
tablet decline, many consumers are realizing they still need a
traditional laptop or desktop and are spending more on such computers than in many years past.