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WINDOWS ON MOBILE DEVICES
Windows 10 on Tablets and Mobile Devices
The Apple iPad was not the first tablet-format computer. Between the tablet’s debut on TV in Star Trek in 1966 (well, yes, it was only a prop, but in concept it was precisely what we have now) and the release of the iPad in 2010, there were many attempts to produce a usable computer in the tablet format, with the power of a PC in a digital version of the venerable yellow steno pad.
There were small versions, notably the pioneering Apple Newton and the incredibly successful Palm Pilot, followed by a host of similar devices called personal digital assistants (PDAs). This name captured the essence of these devices: They were personal, they were digital, and they did assist you. ...
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