[Swordmaker]

As if Steve Jobs legacy isn't already cemented in the history of business in the world, this speculative article opines that the mythical tablet will cement that legacy... PING!

Thanks to LearnsFromMistakes for the heads up...

I see Steve Jobs Future... Ping!

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[TheStickman]

If Jobs retired today he’s still in the history books.

[Paradox]

I have tried several different tablet PC’s, and all of them suffer from rather terrible user interfaces. I am convinced that Apple can get it right. Imagine the Iphone expanded to one of these machines. Right now, I see people struggling with netbooks, I really think Apple could be the first to bring out a truly usable tablet. And I say that as an Apple NON-fanboi.

[Question_Assumptions]

I’m not looking forward to a tablet computer and I’m a Mac user. I don’t like fancy gestures on touch pads, either. I touch type and don’t like to worry about how my thumbs are touching a touch pad. At some point, these interfaces become like the “MacBook Wheel” joke for me.

[Question_Assumptions]

I’m not looking forward to a tablet computer and I’m a Mac user. I don’t like fancy gestures on touch pads, either. I touch type and don’t like to worry about how my thumbs are touching a touch pad. At some point, these interfaces become like the “MacBook Wheel” joke for me.

[Richard Kimball]

We think there's one thing that makes an Apple Tablet inevitable: Jobs is considering his legacy, and he wants it to include saving the media, pulling it back from the brink at its darkest moment.

Many have defined the problem -- people are abandoning old media for new in droves -- but nobody has come remotely close to figuring out the formula to monetize this audience in a way that ensures the range and level of news and periodical content and offers the rich experience advertisers will pay a premium to be part of.

This was the part that made me go, "eeeeehhhhhh whut?" It sounds more like wishful thinking on the part of media than a legit article. That said, I think a tablet PC COULD become a very powerful commodity. A couple of things I was thinking about were for police and EMS personnel to fill out reports on scene, route and delivery drivers, and salesmen. I suppose an electronic subscription to the NY Times or "Ski quarterly" is a possibility, but my indications are that if people are willing to pay subscription prices, it's to get content WITHOUT advertising.

As far as saving the "media," news is a commodity, as is political opinion. Trying to sell news anymore is like trying to sell access to stock market quotes or nude photos. Why would ANYONE pay for something that's available for free all over the net?

[Cyber Liberty]

I often miss my Gateway tablet that broke. My new laptop is a MacBook Pro. The tablet was cool.

[Mind-numbed Robot]

Jobs has always been a step ahead of the market. There was iPod, iPhone, iPod Touch, Mac TV, and multiple iterations of the OS. Where is the logical progression? Where are the TV networks, cable and satellite companies going?

Look for Jobs to again be a step ahead.

Hint - check and see what Mark Cuban is investing in.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

CNN fantasy Ping!

[dennisw]

Tablet is side show to the original CNN article which is the epitome of Apple fanboyism. It doesn’t get any better than that