There have been tablets before. I only difference I see is marketing.
The tablet should do a lot of things. Apple has made mistakes of not including things that are important like printing in their initial release. The iphone cannot print, organize, or view documents like Microsoft Windows. These capabilities are apart of the operating system.
Sorry, you are incorrect. You speak as someone who believes the incorrect information you read. The iPhone and the iPad both have iWorks apps that loads, edits, and creates Word documents (using Pages, a full Word compatible word processor), Excel documents (using Numbers, an Excel compatible spreadsheet) , or PowerPoint documents (using Keynote (a more powerful than Powerpoint presentation manager). These documents can be now be printed directly, displayed, or even projected from the iPhone or iPad, and could always be printed from a Mac or PC after editing or being created on the mobile device.
The main difference is a touch-based user interface designed for touch from the ground-up, not mouse- or pen-based with touch tacked on. It's ease of use, finally creating a simple yet capable computing appliance rather than a PC shoved into a tablet.
Apple has made mistakes of not including things that are important like printing in their initial release.
Apple is known for releasing first-generation products to establish the market and a platform to build on. More features follow. That's why I don't buy first-generation Apple products.
The iphone cannot print, organize, or view documents like Microsoft Windows. These capabilities are apart of the operating system.
As noted above, a major reason for the success of the iPad has been not trying to cram an entire desktop OS into a tablet. The people who made Windows tablets failed because they were saying things like "you need it to be able to print, organize and view documents like Microsoft Windows. These capabilities are a part of the operating system."