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Tablets: Always Innovating Touch Book Is Part-Netbook, Part-Tablet, Open Source Frankenstein
I’m actually a fan of this tablet form factor for netbook-class electronics. At an expected $300, I think we are still about 40% to 50% too pricey to approach mass adoption, but we are 2 to 3 years away from ubiquitos networked, rich-GUI access to cloud-driven application experiences. This will change the way consumers consume info/tainment at home much like the iPhone, G1, Storm, and Palm will have drastically changed the way we consume the same on-the-go.
I actually think the at-home applications for this class of computing power has a larger market than the on the go applications. The netbook itself is such a dubious concept in my opinion. You’ll see those form factors and implementations soon cannibalized by the smartphone market from below and the full blown notebook market from above.
However, the at-home ambient applications such an info/tainment device such as photo-frame, weather beacon, stock market watcher, life-feed alerts, etc, will be further augmented by applications like whole home audio, video telephony, home control, energy monitoring, etc… and lead to a much more useful application of this class of electronics.
No longer do computers at home need to be thought of as workstations or home media servers. Even before the stillborn home theater PC takes hold, I think we may see the advent of the home info/tainment “pad”, or “frame”, or “panel” and every room in the house will have it’s own targeted class of device.
The real opprtunity here is the software. The hardware sourcing for any of these applications will be a simple matter of spec effort and logistics. The key will be driving the right user experience via a software interface that is tailored just right for the set of applications, and for the less tech-sophisticated domestic users.

Tablets: Always Innovating Touch Book Is Part-Netbook, Part-Tablet, Open Source Frankenstein

I’m actually a fan of this tablet form factor for netbook-class electronics. At an expected $300, I think we are still about 40% to 50% too pricey to approach mass adoption, but we are 2 to 3 years away from ubiquitos networked, rich-GUI access to cloud-driven application experiences. This will change the way consumers consume info/tainment at home much like the iPhone, G1, Storm, and Palm will have drastically changed the way we consume the same on-the-go.

I actually think the at-home applications for this class of computing power has a larger market than the on the go applications. The netbook itself is such a dubious concept in my opinion. You’ll see those form factors and implementations soon cannibalized by the smartphone market from below and the full blown notebook market from above.

However, the at-home ambient applications such an info/tainment device such as photo-frame, weather beacon, stock market watcher, life-feed alerts, etc, will be further augmented by applications like whole home audio, video telephony, home control, energy monitoring, etc… and lead to a much more useful application of this class of electronics.

No longer do computers at home need to be thought of as workstations or home media servers. Even before the stillborn home theater PC takes hold, I think we may see the advent of the home info/tainment “pad”, or “frame”, or “panel” and every room in the house will have it’s own targeted class of device.

The real opprtunity here is the software. The hardware sourcing for any of these applications will be a simple matter of spec effort and logistics. The key will be driving the right user experience via a software interface that is tailored just right for the set of applications, and for the less tech-sophisticated domestic users.

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