Joe Hewitt on the iPad
If we leave aside the downsides, we are left with two major things here:<p>- Simplified computer that the majority can handle fully on their own without someone's help. They can choose what apps they want, get rid of ones they don't want, etc. It <i>does</i> take the stress & overhead away from installing stuff on your machine. That means people will install stuff.<p>- Assumed location awareness, connectivity, camera (eventually), mic, headphones, accelerometer, ambient light sensor along with the UI is a genuinely new paradigm<p>Those two things together have the potential to be a very big deal.