Real Innovation In Personal Computing - Not Coming From An Apple Tablet!

[mikecap]

The Apple Tablet, which seems at this point will be revealed to the world on Wednesday, will very likely be a respectable accomplishment in the engineering of computing hardware. It will be light, have good battery life, have touch-sensitivity, and a nice big screen - it will probably also have some great processing speed and power for its form and

Comments

There might still be room in the tablet market for UI innovation

[neuromancerzss]

I think they could get a lot of mileage from good software. I own a tablet computer and other than its slight portability increase over my laptop (something that I don't think is really as true compared to modern ultralights) it's really only good for things that truly benefit from the pen interface, otherwise it's just so much faster to use a mouse and keyboard

[methanopyrus]

those are some cool ideas. i especially like sensing body heat and rhythms, EEG. i've read that people respond well to a computer personal trainer making motivational statements, and i'd like more prodding to get some sleep.