A Bitter Pill to Swallow: The Rise and Fall of the Tablet Computer.

The article discusses the development and demise of tablet computers. A history of tablet computing is given, noting that the first tablet personal computer (PC) appeared in the late 1980s and rose in prominence during the 1990s, only to succumb to obscurity shortly thereafter. The early development...

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Published in:	Design Issues Vol. 24; no. 4; pp. 3 - 26
Main Author:	Atkinson, Paul
Format:	Article
Published:	MIT Press Autumn2008
Subjects:	Pen-based computers Personal computers Computer engineering Computers New product development Product acceptance Marketing
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost