Flatbed madness

Since then, as Apple made a splash with its iPad, the world's left thousands of similar "tablets" of different brands, made in his image and likeness. Of course, there were those who wanted to "dilute" the monotony of it all. In 2011, the American designer Eric Calisto figured out that the best form for a tablet - a triangle. An enterprising man even started to raise funds for service Kickstarter. The operating system has been selected for gadget Android. But since there are still a triangular plate and saw the light, it can be said that the idea was not successful.

Not as radical form of housing - a rectangle with rounded edges - caught on much better. After the release of the iPad other manufacturers began to copy the appearance of the tablet from Apple. But lawyers from the Cupertino, without hesitation, received a patent for the form factor, which is a document described as "a rectangle with rounded edges» .



Another "do not shoot" is the form factor - the tablet with two screens. One of the most uncomfortable options offered company Sony. Her Tablet P was equipped with two touch screens diagonal of 5, 5 dyuyma.

When folded, the plate looked like something from the box score. Though the gadget and worked on democratic operating system Android, a great success among the customers he did not nashel.

But the tablet to the keyboard at the same time acting as a cover-cover, quite a settled down (exactly as the hybrid tablet with a detachable keyboard). Surface RT from Microsoft, ASUS VivoTab RT, Dell XPS 10 and many drugie.

There were experiments in the field of superprochnogo tablets. Especially for workers in fields such as medicine, construction, maintenance and delivery of orders, it was coined tablet Motion C5t (F5t). In appearance he looked like a tool box - at least, handle him exactly zhe.

The gadget was made in shock-resistant housing with an internal magnesium alloy frame and shield protects the glass Corning Gorilla Glass. Worked this miracle on Windows 7. And though "iron" of the model was on the level, type and weight of unsympathetic to 1, 5 kg scared off potential buyers of this "Hulk» .

On the other hand, higher strength tablets still need. Specimens with iron or aluminum back panel insert is widely available on the market. Also, a separate niche occupied and waterproof plates (eg, Sony Xperia Tablet Z) .

Some manufacturers still have not decided on the optimal size of the display tablet. Toshiba's once-giant 13-inch Excite 13 is left far behind. Modern giant - Lenovo IdeaCentre Horizon Touch 27-inch screen. It can be used as a desktop personal computer or planshet.

The list also includes giants Motorola HMC3260 (diagonal of 18, 5 inches), Sony Vaio Tap 20 (20 inches) and ViewSonic (22 inches). Such devices can hardly be called "mobile" because they can weigh several kilograms. Just do not shabby!

Most companies do not choose only one value, and produce a whole range of devices with different screen sizes. So did the newcomer to the market of tablets - "Laboratory" Leksand ", which presented this fall as five versatile models with diagonal screens between 7 and 10 dyuymov.

The cheapest tablet in the series, Lexand A702 and A711 receive a 7-inch screen and a price tag of 5900 rubles. Interestingly, the model A711 has a 3G-module, and even GPS - usually inexpensive tablets do not. Ten-Lexand A1002 has a depth of only 8 millimeters and operates on a quad processor, its price - 7900 rubles. Developers do not have to experiment and chose as its tablet OS the most popular in the world "OSes» - Android. Experts predict that in 2013-2014 the total mass of tablets sold on the device with a diagonal of at least 9 inches have about 66%. In this category, the most popular gadgets will be with 7- and 7, 9-inch screen, which accounted for respectively 35 and 15%.

Source: mirfactov.com/