Background and Identification
Tablets are a happy medium between laptops and smartphones, offering a touchscreen interface with a larger screen than a phone. This makes it more enjoyable to stream movies and videos and easier to be productive and efficient. Tablets come in a range of sizes, including everything from devices barely bigger than smartphones to tablets so large you could add a keyboard and call them laptops. While tablets commonly sport operating systems like iOS, Android, Windows, etc., there are numerous tablets that house other operating systems.
These “other” operating system tablets include BlackBerry tablets, Barnes and Noble tablets, Boogie Board Tablets, LeapPad Tablets, etc. A common subcategory of tablets with “other” operating systems are tablets specifically designed for kids. Kids’ tablets typically have extra durable exteriors with built-in parental controls like timers, restrictions, etc. Similarly, it is common for “other” operating system tablets to be designed specifically for reading, like the Barnes and Noble tablets. “Other” operating system tablets are often simpler than other models, offering a tablet device for a lower price point.
Tablets have a range of different appearances, but they are all relatively thin, rectangular devices. Tablets commonly have an exterior power button and volume controls. Some models also have a physical power button. Tablets can be any color, but they are commonly white, black, or silver.