It makes me kind of sad that we won't see something like the Courier. The biggest problem with the current tablet market is that it's the iPad and a bunch of devices that are emulating the iPad - they're all dumb-terminal content-consumption devices, basically. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but it isn't a full computer-replacement experience (no matter how much Apple wants you to believe it is).
A tablet form-factor device geared at content creation would fill a major gap in the tablet market, I think. My iPad is great for watching Netflix in bed or for reading Flipboard feeds on the can, but using it to create anything longer than a 2-sentence reply to an email is just a chore. A "digital notebook" would be a really welcome addition to the market space. Something that would let me take notes, write easily, capture and annotate photos, tinker with design tools, or maybe even write code on the go, which could then be easily transferred back and forth between my workstation and "notebook" would get my money in a heartbeat.
The closest analog is the Macbook Air, not the iPad, but I think there's a place between the Air and the tablet that we could see some neat progress in.
A tablet form-factor device geared at content creation would fill a major gap in the tablet market, I think. My iPad is great for watching Netflix in bed or for reading Flipboard feeds on the can, but using it to create anything longer than a 2-sentence reply to an email is just a chore. A "digital notebook" would be a really welcome addition to the market space. Something that would let me take notes, write easily, capture and annotate photos, tinker with design tools, or maybe even write code on the go, which could then be easily transferred back and forth between my workstation and "notebook" would get my money in a heartbeat.
The closest analog is the Macbook Air, not the iPad, but I think there's a place between the Air and the tablet that we could see some neat progress in.