I have no doubt in my mind that Apple will release something along the lines of a Tablet. I think we can all agree on this. It’s also safe to say that Apple generally gets into markets for a couple of reasons, including the thought that they can make something way better than the competition.

Whenever this Tablet does indeed come out I have a strong belief that it will not only revolutionize the touchscreen market, but indeed create a new market altogether. Why, you ask? Sure, there are other companies out there that have tablet-like devices out already (Kindle, anyone?), but they couldn’t be farther away from a computer. What I give to you are two examples. One, the iPod and how it revolutionized the music market. Two, the iPhone an how it created an entirely new one. Yes there have been touch screen phones for a long time, but the iPhone is not a phone. It’s a stripped down computer with phone capabilities. We can finally carry a computer in our pockets and that is actually a pleasure to use.

Apple’s Tablet, I have no doubt in my mind will be of the same calliber. I believe it will be the first step in finally moving the (western) world towards fully touchscreen computers and do away with the keyboard altogether. Just like the iPhone and the iPod touch are caninalizing sales from the other iPod models, this Tablet will eventually begin to canibalize MacBook sales.

As we can all see, touchscreens are the way of the future. The keyboard is a technology almost as old as computers themselves, and is also the one thing that has seen almost no innovation since its inception. Keyboards are on the way out, and I can’t wait.

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