Scoble on Tablets (again ): "I think the problem is that most people buy on screen size and quality and the truth is that Tablets look weak when compared to a 15-inch high resolution monitor. Most people don't consider that they'll want to end up reading on the couch, and there a large monitor isn't as nice as a Tablet. Hopefully the new Tablets that are just hitting the market (Toshiba has a 14-inch model coming into stores in the next few weeks) will improve things a bit."

Robert: Your analysis is spot on, but incomplete. Fit and finish is important at this early stage, but users aren't even going to consider these attributes until they find a compelling reason to do so. Think back to the early days of handhelds - how many people bought a Palm I device because it was really cool and within the bounds of their discretionary spending budget. Tablets are kind of cool, but I don't know of too many people that would view this as being within the bounds of discretionary spending. This isn't going to hit the radar until people start carrying them around. It certainly isn't going to be incorporated into anyone's IT budget (at least not to an appreciable degree) until people start carrying them around. People aren't going to start carrying them around unless the cool factor is high enough to make them blind to the price considerations - or - when the price considerations can be buried in a credit card statement without causing a divorce. Neither condition is really true today (except as I write this, I'm told that Motion is is probably thinking along the same lines as I am. They definitely have some of the cooler devices and now they are working the price problem.)

Bigger screens don't mean cooler, just nicer. Odd though that Jobs managed to accomplish both with the 17" books...;)