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Originally Posted by mikemc2
The problem being that once you get beyond the "wow" factor you find that tablets aren't all that practical. Tablets aren't new but they haven't caught on because they have neither the functionality of something like a netbook nor the pocketability of a smartphone. Tablets have been relegated to a few niche professional markets (medical comes to mind) for a reason. If someone (Apple?) succeeds at creating mass market demand for a tablet it will be more a triumph of marketing than technology.
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I can agree with that.
But I'd find one very useful. It wouldn't replace my laptop (which hardly ever leaves my house--just prefer the portability around the house and for business trips vs. a desktop).
But I'd find it fits my needs for reading with stylus annotation (with no e-ink lag), web surfing, reading e-mail, watching videos, playing games, pda calendar and contacts.
A key would be improving handwriting recognition as that could help off set not having a physical keyboard and make things like sending an e-mail much easier.
Pocketability doesn't matter to me so much as I'd just take it back and forth to the office, to conferences, business trips etc. so as long as it's lighter than a netbook it's not biggy as I always have a briefcase/attache case.
But I agree in part with you and don't think an iTablet would sell like an iPhone as more people do want portability. But I don't really care how well it catches on as long as one comes out that fits my needs out of the box.
It's something that would be great for an academic like me who needs something to read large PDFs and academic books on and must be able to easily highlight things and make notes in the margins etc. As well as having full featured internet and e-mail etc. built in and videos, games etc. for traveling.