He almost sounds like and economist! Read the rest of his post for more details.
- Mobile computing in general is taking off.
- Connectivity is trending towards being universal.
- The limitations of battery life are being reduced.
- The range of devices available is increasing.
- The range of software written to be tablet aware or tablet specific is increasing.
- The marginal cost of a tablet over a laptop is decreasing.
- Awareness of the Tablet PC as an option is increasing.
- The distinction between “Laptop” and “Tablet” is going to be removed with Windows Vista.
My take: I'd certainly agree with all of his points above and think the tablet PC will certainly move towards a wider audience. With trends like those above, how could it not? I'm very interested to see what impact Vista has on the tablet PC industry. I certainly like the Thinkpad Tablet and have been drooling over it for some time now. It would definitely come in handy in school.
While I think Craig may be on to something, I think this year will be even more the year of the iMac. Even some tablet PC owners seem to agree...
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