Even if Apple were to announce something entirely different on Jan 27 (just love the idea of the biggest headfake yet) it is clear that 2010 will be the year of slates, with Ballmer showing off HP’s upcoming Windows 7-based slate. So much has been written that I won’t even try to link to any of it. I have read a bunch but it’s impossible to have read it all and so the following points may well have been covered by a bunch of other people. Instead of speculation about what capabilities will be...

Even if Apple were to announce something entirely different on Jan 27 (just love the idea of the biggest headfake yet) it is clear that 2010 will be the year of slates, with Ballmer showing off HP’s upcoming Windows 7-based slate. So much has been written that I won’t even try to link to any of it. I have read a bunch but it’s impossible to have read it all and so the following points may well have been covered by a bunch of other people. Instead of speculation about what capabilities will be...