If you want an Apple tablet you will have to wait until next year. A wag pointed out in the Inquirer that “THE SECOND COMING of Apple’s Newton tablet, which has been hyped more than the return of Christ, is now looking equally delayed.” The interesting news is that the reason for the delay is that they are changing the screen to OLED technology (Organic LED).
This doesn’t mean that the screen is some tree-hugging new age stuff, just that it uses certain organic chemicals in its construction. The result is a screen that doesn’t need a back light, is much thinner and more flexible that existing screens and has better colours and contrast. In other words the best thing since LCDs.
These screens are not cheap of course, new technology never is, so they won’t be giving away the new tablets with your box of cornflakes.
Sony is looking at this too and is proposing a laptop without a keyboard. Isn’t that the same as a tablet?
So in ten years time will I take my laptop out of my pocket, unfold it to a big screen and keyboard and work away?
Maybe.
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