Device+Overload




 * by Gregg Murray**

//** Handheld Devices and Generation Y: ** another handheld is emerging which may render the laptop obsolete because it offers Gen-Y a slimmer, internet ready device. //

[|At the Consumer Electronics Show](C.E.S.) recently held in Las Vegas, a number of companies have introduced a new handheld device. This device has been referred to as tablet computer and will allow consumers to stay better connected with the world around them. Companies like Apple, Hewlett-Packard, and Foxconn of Taiwan have showcased their version of the tablet at this show. This device will range in price from $200 to $1000 and will allow users to do everything from surf the web to read books.

This new device, known as a tablet, will help supplement what laptops can do. It will be a slimmer version of a laptop that will allow the user to surf the net, play games, view documents, and read books, with literally no strings attached. Generation Y consumers should fall in love with this device because it will add to the instant gratification that they seek. The tablet will provide instant entertainment and workspace for all users while fitting snuggly into a smaller carrying case. H.P. is working on a version of this that will allow use of Windows 7 and only be twice the size of the Apple iPhone.

What’s not to love for Generation Y? This device will allow access to videos, e-mail, and books. It can provide entertainment instantly without the hassle of carrying around a laptop. These tablet computers will be anther device that will further enhance the instantaneous spread of information that Generation Y craves. This device is just another piece of technology that will bring gratification to the lives of Generation Y users by allowing them to entertain themselves with technology.

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T he industry's first hybrid notebook - One PC, two devices. Detach the screen to switch between full-function notebook and 3G multitouch slate tablet for mobile Internet. Coming Summer 2010.