Updated 07 November 2002, 15.21

It can be controlled by a pen as well as a mouse and a keyboard and it has a special screen that can be written on like paper.

It can recognise your handwriting too!

Newsround visited a school in London that has been trying out the computers and found they were popular with the students.

More fun

One boy said: "I think it makes learning more fun because there are more programmes to use on the tablet and some programmes you have to use a pen."

He rated it with a generous eight out of ten!

Not perfect

But the computers have a long way to go before they'll replace your pen and paper.

They're quite heavy so if you're out on a school trip they will be hard to use and on a bright day it's hard to see the screen.

Expensive!

Also if you're handwriting isn't neat then the tablet computer won't recognise it.

And finally at a whopping £800 each it's unlikely that you'll see one in your classroom just yet.

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