This guy assumes way to much. I have an iPhone and I can’t use it except for the most casual browsing.
If the tablet is nice and thin and very portable it will find a wide market for the millions of us who can’t use small devices but don’t want to keep hauling out a notebook-type PC.
Ding, ding, ding we have a winner!
My son, who until recently was such a Microsoft zombie that he demanded a Zune instead of an IPod, has said how glad he is that this device is coming out in time for him to take it to college next year. Since his school has Wi-Fi everywhere he sees himself using the Google word processor to write papers, downloading class notes, accessing periodicals, playing music, etc., etc., on something that he can keep with him at all times. If it has a built in phone feature, all the better. When I point out that all these things "could" be done with existing hardware, I get a look that says, "Yeah, and I "could" walk five miles to school each way..."
Just as the IPhone took an existing device and made it better, so will the ITablet (or whatever it will be called) only it will replace the "reader" products and net books. It might not be the "best" reader, or the "best" net book, but it will be striking and innovative and will change the way the world looks at portable devices.
I predict that, just like the IPhone naysayers, those who are dissing this product will look shortsighted and thick a year from now. I am betting with my wallet. I bought stock in Apple and I suggest you do so as well.
And flexible. I'm waiting on Plastic Logic's product to come out. Something I can use as a newspaper, reader, technical manual with a touchscreen and the ability to pickup signal from an anchor is what I'm looking for.