History of the tablet
Published On: Sep 07 2012 08:43:30 AM PDT
Updated On: Oct 22 2012 08:41:16 AM PDT
Apple has announced a new iPad with 128 gigabytes of storage. Look back at the surprisingly long history of the tablet computer.
Apple Newton MessagePad. Released in 1993. John Sculley, the CEO of Apple in the early nineties, coined the phrase Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) to describe the Newton MessagePad. The handheld device appeared less than a year later, featuring an ARM 610 processor ambling along at 20MHz, 640K of RAM and a 336 x 240 display. This device helped mark the beginning of the PDA era.
