Apple is coming out with a tablet
What a wonderful idea! A tablet computer. So here's the confusion: Apple has a product coming down the pike, but does not announce nor clarify exactly what it is. But that doesn't stop everybody from getting excited, and the rumormongers from planting all sorts of ideas as to what to expect.
And you know what? That's just fine. That's just how Apple likes it. Kick up a storm of commotion, anticipation and attention. What will the actual tablet computer look like? That is -- if there actually will be one. And when will it be released?
The modalities of the personal computer has shifted. The huge desktop is the standard for business but no longer for personal use and pleasure. The laptop had advanced to take that role.
Mobility however has become the code word in much of 21st-century computing. The laptop was meant to make computing portable. The net book was meant to make it handy. The iPhone was meant to put it in your pocket. And the myriads of other such instruments to do similar.
So now we arrived at the tablet. A monitor without a keyboard. A flat screen. Much like Kindle and the electronic reader books. What will be its size, and its functions? I don't worry. Steve Jobs is a genius. All of Apple does not rest on his shoulders, but he is an icon and an inspiration.
Apple has dazzled in the past, and I'm sure it will do so in the future.
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