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Originally Posted by Quoth
It was the contracts (vs charging per second or M Byte) that made the iPhone a success. In contrast there was nothing special about the iPad approximately 3 years later. Android was established by then. Actual tablets date from about 1990. Smart phones from 1998, same year as first dedicated ereader (LCD rather than eink).
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From what I recall, the first Android tablets were released in 2009 while the first iPads were released in early 2010 and first Samsung Android tablets were released in late 2010. From where I sit, the Samsung Galaxy Tab was the first Android tablet that was able to compete with the iPad. The first Android tablet I remember seeing was the Archos 5 in late 2009. A massive 4.8" screen so a bigger screen than the iPod Touch which was first released in 2007 but not what I would refer to as a tablet. The Archos 5's resistive TFT screen was not very accurate nor a great looking display.