The presentation is an introduction to mobile computing. It walks through the evolution from desktop computing to mobile devices, smartphones and tablets.
Palm Pilot was introduced in 1996. Note taking, Giff handwriting, contacts, to do lists
Apple Newton called the “father of the smartphone” released in 1997
Although the original blackberry was introduced in 1999 using paging technology, In 2003, the more commonly known smartphone BlackBerry was released, which supports push e-mail, mobile telephone, text messaging, Internet faxing, Web browsing and other wireless information services.
Lenovo x200 tablet – fragile, runs windows
Motion computing pen tablet
These are raw numbers from gdgt – tablet sales by device in 2011. Doesn’t include 2010 – a year in which iPad was really the only player.