GRiDPad tablet computer
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- Details
- Description
- Date Introduced
- 1989
- Photographer
- Richards, Mark
- Dimensions
- overall: 1 11/16 in x 12 1/2 in x 9 3/4 in
- Manufacturer
- GRiD Systems Corporation
- Credit Line
- Gift of Jeff Hawkins
- Copyright Owner
- © Mark Richards
- Object ID
- 102716260
The GRiDPad wasn’t the first commercial tablet computer—the Linus Write-Top came earlier—but it was the first to succeed. Designed by Jeff Hawkins, it featured his handwriting recognition software, which led to Graffiti on the PalmPilot.
