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I think it's silly to try and put a super specific label on everything. It's more just something for loudmouths on the internet to argue about, and to bash devices they don't like by giving them a label like "Internet Appliance" to imply it's inferior.
Personally, I have no use for a tablet PC. I don't want to do my computing with a touch screen device as Keyboard and mouse is far superior for computing tasks. And Tablet PCs with keyboards and touch pads are too bulky to use like a Tablet (hold and read, hold and write with other hand etc.).
So I want something less powerful like the iPad--though it doesn't quite fit my needs either.
And I wouldn't call them an internet appliance as I wouldn't do much web browsing on a tablet. I'd use it for reading and marking up PDFs, books, word documents I'm proofreading/grading. I'd use it for magazines. I'd play some games. I'd watch some videos. Hardly just an internet device.
It's not a full featured Tablet PC either, but I (and many) don't need that as we have desktops and laptops and netbooks. Tablets/slates fill another niche--something more useful than smartphones/PDAs (both of which I don't care for) and a full PC/laptop.
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