Great view of tablet PCs past to present from the NYTimes:
Another former Apple executive who was there at the time said the tablets kept getting shelved at Apple because Mr. Jobs, whose incisive critiques are often memorable, asked, in essence, what they were good for besides surfing the Web in the bathroom.
An affordable, razor thin, lightweight, wireless, multi-touch screen pad that runs Mac OS X and iPhone OS sounds promising. I want one. I’m not sure why.