I have been mulling over the ferocious rumors of an Apple Tablet (sorry, no links as I am on BB, but if you missed these - congrats, you were off the grid!). Really not sure what to think about it. The only device that I would consider carrying regularly outside the house in addition to a smartphone would be an eInk style reader. The reason is simple: weight. A traditional display uses a lot of power and that requires a big battery which makes the whole device heavy (and requires remembering to charge yet another device). So that suggests I would use an Apple tablet primarily in my home, unless they pull off something amazing (and I am not ruling that out). At home, however, I am hard pressed to come up with a lot of (any?) good use cases. I already have my laptop with me at home and as a fast typer really love having a keyboard. So will be interesting to see what Apple comes up with here - if anything!

I have been mulling over the ferocious rumors of an Apple Tablet (sorry, no links as I am on BB, but if you missed these - congrats, you were off the grid!). Really not sure what to think about it. The only device that I would consider carrying regularly outside the house in addition to a smartphone would be an eInk style reader. The reason is simple: weight. A traditional display uses a lot of power and that requires a big battery which makes the whole device heavy (and requires remembering to charge yet another device). So that suggests I would use an Apple tablet primarily in my home, unless they pull off something amazing (and I am not ruling that out). At home, however, I am hard pressed to come up with a lot of (any?) good use cases. I already have my laptop with me at home and as a fast typer really love having a keyboard. So will be interesting to see what Apple comes up with here - if anything!