A "slate" is the new class of touchscreen tablet devices expected to emerge Apple's announcement next week.<p>The journalist here doesn't seem to understand that a "slate" owner is unlikely to own a netbook at the same time. Nor does he apparently understand that unlimited data on a smartphone entitles you to ubiquitous free WiFi (in the US anyways), so your netbook/slate data plan is entirely unnecessary, especially when considering tethering capabilities of the phone you're <i>already</i> using.