| 23 January 2010
We've been hearing about it for weeks, months, years now; those terrible whispers in the dark. Apple is working on a tablet PC. And with a Wall Street Journal announcement solidifying months of rumors just days ago, you know that the Apple event on January 27th is definitely going to be about this fabled, much-anticipated tablet.
Thing is, I'm not terribly interested in the tablet PC. And I think the only people to blame for my lack of interest are those fine folks behind Apple. Let's do some maths:
1. iPhone = portable computer, easy to carry, touch screen
2. MacBook = portable computer, easy to carry, long battery, bright screen
3. Tablet = portable computer, easy to car...wait a minute.
My simple observation is that there doesn't seem to be much of a market for it because my two favorite apple devices take care everything I can see the tablet doing. The WSJ article says Apple is going to focus on replacing textbooks and newspapers, as well as tout "family email checking". These don't sound impressive enough to warrant purchase, sorry. Sure, the screen will be beautiful, but I can read my portable media just fine right now. I can't see myself laying down $1000 for an oversized iPhone.
I hope I'm just being nearsighted and the tablet is going to have all sorts of cool innovative features that I can't live without, but at this moment, I remain skeptical.
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