You're missing the whole concept. A tablet is not a desktop computer, and keeping apps in their own little sandbox -- not allowing any third party to throw any crap it wants into the browser -- is part and parcel of what makes tablets lightweight, fast and reliable. It's a streamlined model of computing.
If you want what you call a "real computer," with your Real and Flash and what not, Windows tablets have been around for a little over eight years. They provide a user experience at a size, price and battery life that has not exactly set the world on fire.
Hmmmmm. I will say that the ipad was certainly the device
that made the tablet market take off. The screen, especially was pretty compelling. So, now, tablets are the hot things.
Maybe there will be a good Microsoft tablet, a full computer.
But maybe Android grows into a full computer.
A tablet really can be a full computer though. I mentioned before what a computer could do 10 years ago. These tablets have better specs than a 12 year old computer, and I was capturing dv through firewire on that computer 12 years ago.
I think these tablets could handle that, and could handle anything else. If a faster processor is needed, use that processor. More ram needed, use more ram. Better quality
audio i/o would be nice. more connectors, specialty connectors. Tablets don’t have to be thin and light. If
battery life is a problem, just put in a bigger battery. Or sell a external battery pack. I don’t particularly want
everything to always get smaller and smaller. Speakers for
instance tend to be better if they’re a little bigger. I happen to like the size of old phones, stretching all the way from the ear to the mouth. I wouldn’t mind at all a big ol brick phone. 1920 x 1080 screen - 5 inches diag, 8 inches diag. 2 really good stereo mics. Some cheap condensor mics are good. There could be a protools edition
just combine the android with the mbox - 24/192. Might as well put a high end video camera in there. And 24/192 DAC, so all your audio can sound great. Use the quality audio gear in new ways. a db meter, a whole host of formerly esoteric eq stuff can be developed into apps. That’s how I see the future of tablets going, possibly, it’s not all about making them thinner and thinner and thinner. The tablet should start replacing the desktop for an increasing number of people.