Tablet computing began at Apple in 1979. By 1985 all the technology necessary for a portable tablet was available and for $20M Steve Jobs promised the Apple board that he could deliver a tablet. He was turned down and soon ousted.
After a few more design iterations, The Newton Messagepad was ready in 1991 but didn't ship until 1993.
It wasn't until 2004 that Jobs began working on a tablet again, which detoured to the iPhone (released in 2007) and finally the iPad in 2010.
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