Computer Tablets

The Wiz-a-Witz website is shown on both a white and a black computer tablet in Mahira’s hands in many of the Mathemagical Mahira NFTs.
An abbreviated history of the computer tablet
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1951. One of the earliest references to a computer tablet was probably a description of a calculator pad in Isaac Asimov’s Foundation novel.
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1971. Alan Kay designs the first concept drawings of a tablet computer, even though it was more like a laptop than a tablet, it was the beginning of an idea.
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1992. IBM released the ThinkPad.
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1993. Compaq released the Concerto, the first hybrid laptop-tablet computer.
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2005. Nokia released the Nokia 770, the first “Internet tablet” focused on Internet browsing.
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This was the year of the laptop
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January – Apple released the first iPad with a 9.7-inch touchscreen
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August – Toshiba released the LIberetto with a 7-inch screen that folded in half
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September – Samsung released the Galaxy Tab
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November – Barnes & Noble released the Nook Color
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2011. Amazon released the Kindle Fire with a 7-inch display
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2012. Apple released the iPad Mini with a 7.9-inch display
- 2013. Microsoft released the Surface Pro, a 2-in-1 tablet computer