The Next Big Thing, 20 Years Later

摘要

If there was a land of misfit gadgets, the tablet computer would be one of its oldest residents. The tech industry, though, refuses to give up on these slate-like portable PCs. Tablets from Hewlett-Packard, Dell, and others were some of the stars at this month's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, while the buzz around Apple's long-awaited entry into the market, due out this spring, is already deafening. "The industry understands better how people can use tablets," says Roger Kay, president of Endpoint Technologies Associates.