Re: Apple iPad: The End of Tablets As We Know Them

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

BTW It was nice to see the mention of the Rand Tablet. It was a great advance with little credit in history djf 

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From: "Charley Kline" <csk () mail com>
Date: April 3, 2010 5:26:55 PM EDT
To: <dave () farber net>
Subject: RE: [IP] Apple iPad: The End of Tablets As We Know Them

Tablets in Star Trek ...
I was at the Tech Museum in San Jose yesterday and saw the Star Trek exhibit. It was interesting the number of Star 
Trek prop tablets that were used in the original series, the movies and the Next Generation. Apparently, they 
anticipated tablet computers!
 
-- Charley

From: Dave Farber [mailto:dfarber () me com] 
Sent: Saturday, April 03, 2010 11:36 AM
To: ip
Subject: [IP] Apple iPad: The End of Tablets As We Know Them


> Sent from my iPad - 32 gig model. Review to follow Sunday  to give a chance to use it. Djf
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> > From: Jonathan B Spira <jspira () basex com>
> > Date: April 3, 2010 2:24:46 PM EDT
> > To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
> > Subject: Apple iPad: The End of Tablets As We Know Them?
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> > Dave 
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> > IP readers will be familiar with many of the examples I cite in my article, Apple iPad: The End of Tablets As We 
> > Know Them? 
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> > "The launch of the Apple iPad today has many proclaiming this moment to be akin to the information revolution 
> > sparked by Gutenberg’s invention of mechanical movable type 
> > ... 
> > Look at an important (and related) parallel: the move from analog to digital photography. 
> > ... 
> > The history of tablet computing goes back to the 1950s and 1960s with the Styalator, the Rand Tablet, and Alan Kay’s 
> > Dynabook concept. The first commercially viable tablet was the GridPad (1989) ... 
> >
> > Article continues at Apple iPad: The End of Tablets As We Know Them? 
> >
> > Regards/Mit freundlichen Grüßen/Szívélyes üdvözlet/Cordialement/Cordiali saluti/Saludos/Vänliga hälsningar 
> >
> > /s/ Jonathan
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