[Infowarrior] - iTablet -- Rick's Prediction and Comment

[Richard Forno]

If the Apple "tablet computer" is nothing more than an expanded iPhone/ 
iPod with some PSP-ish and Kindle-esque features thrown in, they can  
count me out as a prospective buyer.  Why?  It's just another consumer  
"gadget".   Of course, if it becomes the latest Apple device requiring  
authorization through (or software only uploaded by) the iTunes Music  
Store/App Store, count me out right now.  Rest assured, if this is  
what the device turns out to be, the media will fawn breathlessly  
about it as "groundbreaking" and "evolutionary."  When in reality, it  
isn't.

That said, give me a tablet computer with those specs running OSX and  
does not require integration with the iTMS -- ie, it's a COMPUTER and  
not a SEMI-DUMB SLAVE DEVICE RESIDING WITHIN AN ELECTRONIC GATED  
COMMUNITY and I'd strongly consider it at some point.

We'll see later today!

-rick