<Ul> <Li> <Ul> <Li> Apple Inc. unveils the iPad, running Apple iOS in March . </Li> <Li> Fusion Garage releases the JooJoo, running Linux . </Li> <Li> Samsung unveils the Galaxy Tab, running Google Android . </Li> <Li> Neofonie releases the WeTab, a MeeGo - based slate tablet PC, featuring an 11.6 inch multi-touch screen at 1366 × 768 pixels resolution . </Li> <Li> Dixons Retail unveils the Advent Vega, a 10 - inch tablet PC running Android 2.2, having a micro SD card slot, a USB port and a 16h battery life for audio playback and 6.5 h for 1080p video . </Li> <Li> HP releases the Slate 500, running a full - version of Windows 7 . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 2011 <Ul> <Li> Motorola releases Xoom a 10 - inch tablet running Android 3.0 (Honeycomb). </Li> <Li> BlackBerry releases BlackBerry Playbook running BlackBerry Tablet OS, based on QNX Neutrino . </Li> <Li> Dell showcases the Streak 7 tablet at CES 2011 in January . </Li> <Li> ZTE announces the ZTE V11 and the Z - pad that both run Android 3.0 . </Li> <Li> Apple released the iPad 2 . </Li> <Li> Toshiba announces the Toshiba Tablet, a 10 - inch tablet powered by a Tegra 2 process and Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) </Li> <Li> HP releases the HP TouchPad with webOS & withdraws it in August 2011 (a month later). </Li> <Li> Amazon announced an Android - based tablet, the Kindle Fire, in September . </Li> <Li> Barnes & Noble introduces Nook Tablet in November . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 2012 <Ul> <Li> Apple releases the iPad 3, and then later in the year iPad 4 and the iPad Mini . </Li> <Li> Google unveiled the Nexus 7, a 7 - inch tablet developed with Asus and the Nexus 10, a 10 - inch tablet developed with Samsung . </Li> <Li> Samsung releases Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, with stylus apps, running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich with 1.4 GHz quad - core CPU . </Li> <Li> Microsoft releases Microsoft Surface RT with an ARM microprocessor and kickstand . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 2013 <Ul> <Li> Sony releases the Sony Xperia Tablet Z as well as having Ingress Protection Ratings of IP55 and IP57, making it dust - resistant, water - jet resistant, and waterproof . </Li> <Li> Apple releases the iPad Air and the iPad Mini 2 in November (first 64 - bit tablets with iPhone 5S smartphone being the first 64 - bit mobile device the month before) </Li> <Li> Microsoft releases the Surface 2 with an ARM microprocessor and two step Kickstand . Alongside the Surface Pro 2 was released with an Intel core I5 processor . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 2014 <Ul> <Li> Samsung releases a 2014 version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 </Li> <Li> Microsoft releases the Surface Pro 3 </Li> <Li> Nvidia releases the Shield Tablet, an Android tablet focused on gaming </Li> <Li> Google releases the Nexus 9 (first 64 - bit Android tablet) </Li> <Li> Apple releases the iPad Air 2 . </Li> <Li> HP ships first 64 - bit Windows 8.1 tablets with Intel Atom </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 2015 <Ul> <Li> Android and Windows tablets (and smartphones) are up to 4 GB RAM, using 64 - bit processors . </Li> <Li> Microsoft released fourth generation of the Surface Pro, the Surface Pro 4 and 2 - in - 1 convertible tablet that could be folded like a laptop called the Surface Book, both came with the sixth generation Skylake Intel processors . </Li> <Li> Apple released the iPad Pro, being one of the largest tablet devices ever made . It features a 12.9 - inch display . It also released accessories at the same time such as its first tablet point device, the Apple Pencil . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 2016 <Ul> <Li> Apple released the iPad Pro in a 9.7 - inch display that had a 256 GB option, the largest amount of storage available on a consumer tablet . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Li> 2017 <Ul> <Li> Apple released the iPad, its lowest cost 9.7 - inch tablet . One reviewer said the tablet is "perfect for first - time tablet buyers". </Li> </Ul> </Li> </Ul> <Li> <Ul> <Li> Apple Inc. unveils the iPad, running Apple iOS in March . </Li> <Li> Fusion Garage releases the JooJoo, running Linux . </Li> <Li> Samsung unveils the Galaxy Tab, running Google Android . </Li> <Li> Neofonie releases the WeTab, a MeeGo - based slate tablet PC, featuring an 11.6 inch multi-touch screen at 1366 × 768 pixels resolution . </Li> <Li> Dixons Retail unveils the Advent Vega, a 10 - inch tablet PC running Android 2.2, having a micro SD card slot, a USB port and a 16h battery life for audio playback and 6.5 h for 1080p video . </Li> <Li> HP releases the Slate 500, running a full - version of Windows 7 . </Li> </Ul> </Li> <Ul> <Li> Apple Inc. unveils the iPad, running Apple iOS in March . </Li> <Li> Fusion Garage releases the JooJoo, running Linux . </Li> <Li> Samsung unveils the Galaxy Tab, running Google Android . </Li> <Li> Neofonie releases the WeTab, a MeeGo - based slate tablet PC, featuring an 11.6 inch multi-touch screen at 1366 × 768 pixels resolution . </Li> <Li> Dixons Retail unveils the Advent Vega, a 10 - inch tablet PC running Android 2.2, having a micro SD card slot, a USB port and a 16h battery life for audio playback and 6.5 h for 1080p video . </Li> <Li> HP releases the Slate 500, running a full - version of Windows 7 . </Li> </Ul> <Li> Apple Inc. unveils the iPad, running Apple iOS in March . </Li>

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