A Tablet PC is a computer shaped in the form of a notebook except with the capabilities of being written on through the use of Digitizing Tablet technology or a Touch screen. A user can use a stylus and operate the computer without having to have a keyboard or mouse.

The Tablet PC that includes a keyboard is named convertible or hybrid.

The most popular convertible Tablet PCs are the Acer and Toshiba. The most popular slates are the Motion, Fujitsu, and HP/Compaq.

Most Tablet PCs run on Microsoft Windows XP Tablet Edition operating system.

A user can input text using the operating system's built-in text recognition, on-screen (virtual) keyboard, voice-recognition, or physical keyboard (if available).

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