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A Tablet PC is a computer shaped in the form of a notebook except with the capabilities of being written on through the use of digitizing tablet technology or a touch screen. A user can use a stylus and operate the computer without having to have a keyboard or mouse.

The Tablet PC that includes a keyboard is named convertible or hybrid. The ones that are only a monitor with pen are called slate, they can use external wireless or USB keyboards.

The most popular convertible Tablet PCs are the Acer and Toshiba. The most popular slates are the Motion, Fujitsu, and HP/Compaq.

Most Tablet PCs run on Microsoft Windows XP Tablet Edition operating system. Service Pack 2 includes Tablet PC Edition 2005 and is a free upgrade.

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A user can input text using the operating system's built-in handwriting recognitionHandwriting recognition refers to the ability of a computer to receive intelligible written input. The image of the written text may be sensed "off line" from a piece of paper by optical scanning ( optical character recognition). Alternatively, the moveme, on-screen (virtual) keyboard, speech recognitionSpeech recognition technologies allow computers equipped with a source of sound input, such as a microphone, to interpret human speech, e. for transcription or as an alternative method of interacting with a computer. Classification Such systems can be cla, or physical keyboard (if available).

Many Tablet PCs that run Windows XP Tablet PC Edition use a WACOM digitizer. UC Logic and Finepoint are other manufacturers of digitizers. These computers offer a screen that project a small magnetic field that activates electronics on the tablet's stylus. The user is able to rest their hand on the screen without affecting the image or mouse pointer -- only the movement of the stylus will affect the mouse pointer.

Tablet PCs have only recently become available to the public. Before they were used in small markets in industry, medicine, and government. Now they are used by students and many professionals.

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