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One aspect of this device that is very cool is the usability is very high. You can sit my grandmother in front of a computer (mac or pc) and she will struggle to find things to do on it, getting her to open the photo program and open some photos for example. On this thing I just explained a couple of gestures and she was browsing galleries herself and even started browsing e-books.
I have no doubt I could buy her one and she would use it regularly, unlike the PC she has in the corner collecting dust because it's 'hard to use'. A lot of people just want something that is simple and works. They don't care about the things geeks care about (multi-tasking, USB ports), they just have a list of real world things they want to do and this device will do it for them.
IMO it's a shift in the paradigm of what is required to use a computer, I experienced the same feeling when I shifted from Win XP to OS X 3 years ago - suddenly the OS was working with me to make life easier (Mac usability), not getting in the way.
Last edited by fugazied; 04-04-2010 at 05:54 PM.
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