For example, PDAs serve as digital replacements for paper calendars, planners, reminder notepads, and address books. Their low performance prevents them from being a successful equivalent of a desktop computer. In fact, these products use non-standard operating systems, software, and processors to provide highly specialized capabilities in a pocket form factor. On the other hand, laptops or notebook computers are designed to enable portability of desktop computing resources from one site to another. They always require placement on a stable, level surface in order to type: a desktop, lap, or airline tray table. Laptop computers are merely portable desktop computers — they aren't truly mobile. Tablet PCs Have It AllTablet PCs are designed to deliver the same | | computing capability as a laptop or notebook, but in a form-factor for true working mobility on the job. Designed to be held in one hand and used with the other, Tablets are mobile extensions of desktop computing resources. Tablet PCs fill a specific set of customer needs for organizations looking to streamline business processes with “working mobility.” They are best suited for situations which demand “on-the-spot,” instantaneous decision-support in a form-factor compatible with standing and walking. Such customers demand a standards-based computer with a high-performance processor, robust graphics, sophisticated integration and communication with enterprise systems, long battery life, and high data throughput. These computers must also be easy to use, light and small – all without the need for a keyboard. |
