Evolution Of Computing Devices

Advantages & Disadvantages Of Laptops over Desktops

Advantages
You can take it with you - I

Disadvantages
It is easier to steal or damage - Keep it

constantly take my laptop out on the front porch on nice mornings or evenings, I take it when traveling, and I take it to my favorite coffee shop to surf the web while having a coffee. you have a wireless internet connection at home.

close to you, or someone may walk off with your laptop and maybe more importantly, all of your bank logins, passwords, digital pictures, e-mails and everything else that you have on there. specifications.

No Cords! - This is especially true if

It costs more than a desktop with the same It is more expensive to upgrade or

Laptops use less power - If you tend

to leave your computers on frequently, a laptop will draw considerably less power, which can save you money in the long term.

repair - If you drop it, and you do not have an accidental damage warranty, you could be paying as much to repair it as you did to buy it. Several manufacturers offer accidental damage warranties that are a worthwhile investment in some cases.

A personal digital assistant (PDA), also known as a palmtop computer, or personal data assistant, is a mobile device that functions as a personal information manager. . Many PDAs can access the Internet, intranets or extranets via WiFi or Wireless Wide Area Networks. Many PDAs employ touch screen technology. Typical Features A typical PDA has a touch screen for entering data, a memory card slot for data storage, and IrDA, Bluetooth and/or WiFi. However, some PDAs may not have a touch screen, using soft keys, a directional pad, and a numeric keypad or a thumb keyboard for input; this is typically seen on telephones that are incidentally PDAs.

A Smartphone is a high-end mobile phone that combines the functions of a personal digital assistant (PDA) and a mobile phone.

Today's models typically also serve as portable media players and camera phones with highresolution touch screens, web browsers that can access and properly display standard web pages.

Smart Phones

The term Smartphone is usually used to describe phones with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary featu re phone.

Mobile Operating Systems

Smart phones run mobile operating systems such as :
Apple's iOS, Googles Android, Microsoft's Windows Phone, Nokias Symbian, RIM's BlackBerry OS, and embedded distributions such as Maemo and MeeGo.

Such systems can be installed on many different phone models, and typically each device can receive multiple OS software updates over its lifetime.

2010 saw the rapid rise of the Google Android operating system from 4 percent of new deployments in 2009 to 33 percent at the beginning of 2011 making it share the top position with the since long dominating Symbian OS. The smaller rivals include US popular Blackberry OS, iOS, Samsung's recently introduced bada, HP's heir of Palm Pilot webOS and the Microsoft Windows Phone OS seeing a possible revival through an alliance with Nokia. According to Canalys, Google's Android operating system, which is offered to phone makers for free, has raced to the top past operating systems by Nokia, Apple, RIM, and Microsoft. In Q4 2011 Google's Android market share was 43 percent, increasing significantly from 10 percent the previous year, while Nokia's Symbian dropped to 22 percent from 46 percent over the same time period.

Mobile Operating System Market Share

Android Apple Bada Others 2% 2% 1% 12% Symbain RIM Microsoft

43%
18%

22%

A tablet computer, or simply tablet, is a complete mobile computer, larger than a mobile phone or personal digital assistant, integrated into a flat touch screen and primarily operated by touching the screen. It often uses an onscreen virtual keyboard, a passive stylus pen, or a digital pen, rather than a physical keyboard.

AAKASH
As tablet PCs, have been discussed in the project study, it may be desirable to mention about AAKASH the Indian breakthrough in the market of tablet PCs. The original prototype was unveiled in 2010, purported as a "$35 laptop". The device was formally launched on 5 October 2011 as Aakash, made by the London-based manufacturing company Data Wind. The device has been developed as part of the National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology that aims to link 25,000 colleges and 400 universities on the subcontinent in an e-learning program via an existing Sakshat portal.

Features Of a Tablet PC
Touch User Interface - A key and common component among tablet computers is touch input. This allows the user to navigate easily and intuitively and type with a virtual keyboard on the screen. Accelerometer - An accelerometer is a unit that detects the physical movements of the tablet. This allows greater flexibility of use since tablets do not necessarily have a fixed direction of use. Ambient light and proximity sensors are additional "senses", that can provide controlling input for the tablet. Storage Drive - Large tablets use storage drives similar to laptops, while smaller ones tend to use drives similar to MP3 Players or have on-board flash memory.

Advantages & Disadvantages of a Tablet PC over a Laptop

Advantages
Usage in environments not

Disadvantages
Convertible tablet computers can

conducive to a keyboard and mouse such as lying in bed, standing, or handling with a single hand. Lighter weight, lower power models can function similarly to dedicated reading devices like the Amazon Kindle. Touch environment makes navigation easier than conventional use of keyboard and mouse or touch pad in certain contexts such as image manipulation, musical, or mouse oriented games.

cost significantly more than nontablet portable PCs although this premium has been predicted to fall. Handwriting or typing on a virtual keyboard can be significantly slower than typing speed on a conventional keyboard. Tablet computers are handled more than conventional laptops, they run a higher risk of screen damage from impacts and misuse.

In this project, we saw how the different computing devices have moved from the desks of our home to the palm of our hands but this is not the end, who knows that today they are in our hands but in future they might be embedded into our bodies. All we can do is WAIT, WATCH AND ENJOY!