2.  Key Dates  1988-1993 Pen Computers at the height of development  Target audience was the general consumer; hoped to replace the keyboard (Walker, 2001)  Product did not achieve much traction  June 2000, Microsoft reintroduced the Tablet PC (Walker, 2001)

3.  Initial goal was to replace keyboards (Walker, 2001)  Laptop hardware had improved enough to allow for tablet PCs  Goal was to improve productivity of workers  Additionally to “replace pads of paper you see in meeting rooms all over the world” (Walker, 2001)  Using laptop in a meeting can be rude  Tablet PCs take away the need to focus on the computer and allow the user to focus on the meeting

4.  Research began in 1999  Key People:  Chuck Thacker  Jeff Raikes  Based on earlier attempts at creating the Pen Computer  Microsoft worked with several hardware companies to produce the computer

5.  Major Problems  Improving handwriting recognition  Making it work with every Microsoft application and then some  Making it part of the Operating System as opposed to an add on

6.  Target Audience was the “knowledge warrior” (Walker, 2001)  Goal was to replace pads of paper with user friendly laptops  Audience began to shift to education and healthcare as well

7. 1989-GridPad1991- NCR 3125 Pen Computer 1993 IBM Thinkpad 2001 First Tablet PC introduced

8.  Adoption of PCs into the classroom  Beginning of the use PDAs in the classroom  Transition to Tablet PCs

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