Preface: We are seeing the advent of tablets. iPads in its second generation, Color Nook in a new revision, and Kindle at a new price point. Handouts included images of the Apple iPad2, Barnes & Noble's Color Nook, and the Amazon Kindle. Features of the above include:
- All are less than 1/2" and weigh less than 1.5 lbs.
- Most have color sscreens that are touch sensitive.
- Some have more than 500 to 150,000 applications.
- The tablets with cameras can conduct video conferencing with other tablets or PCs.
- All can read books in a special format.
- Most can view document files, photographs, podcasts.
- Most can play music and videos.
