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Everybody like to make fun of the tablet and chortle about the fact that they "have no need for one." Well guess what, we humans also "have no need" for automobiles, radios, televisions and refrigerators either but we have them. We also "have no need" for bottled beer, individually wrapped slices of cheese and cell phones either, but damn, all three of those things come in handy when you're stuck in a huge traffic jam on I-95 in your automobile and your thirsty, hungry and need to call somebody.

Anyway, like it or not, the tablet is going to CHANGE THE WORLD forever. Apple by themselves are going to sell a billion of these tablets and the Googles, HPs and Microsofts of the world will sell billions more. Yes, I said BILLIONS. Might as well put up one of those "McDonalds" signs, only instead of billions of hamburgers, it will be billions of tablets.

I have seen the future of computing and the future of computing is with tablets. In ten years, the concept of a "home PC" or even a "laptop" will seem as ancient to us as a VCR seems to us today. The Apple tablet is a revolutionary product and consider how polished it is for a first generation device. Future generations of this product with have capabilities that are sure to stagger the imagination, especially when other major players (other than Apple) get into the game and the race is on to innovate further.

Eventually everybody will own several tablets (that is why I am predicting they will sell in the billions), all of them synced together so whether you use the one at work, in your car or on your back porch, you will have instant access to all your information. You will be able to buy one at the store (most likely in the checkout section of your supermarket) and by the time you get the groceries loaded in your car, your new tablet will be completely synced up with all your other ones. In other words, these tablets will become a commodity item. You drop one on the sidewalk and crack the screen? No big deal, just pick up another one next time you are at Wal-mart or the gas station.

Within our lifetime, buying a new tablet will be no different than picking up a tube of toothpaste at the local CVS and the computing power on one of these will exceed all the computing power that exists in the world today.