iTablet, iSlate, iPad, MacTablet thingy (it's coming)

Holy cow is it reaching a fever pitch.  The news starts with "Steve Jobs is Happy" last month, and runs all the way up to new minutia being released at CES, when Apple ISN'T EVEN THERE.  I love this.  We got to the end of the week last week, and the bloggers and analysts, and pundits are comparing every thing announced and introduced at CES to an Apple product that doesn't even exist.  It's got some assuming that Apple will most certainly succeed (me amongst them).

Can we call what's coming? Well, certainly many are trying. Back in 2007, the fervor that surrounded the potential coming of the iPhone made for LOTS of prognosticating.  There were many, many guesses at what was coming. Few were right on.

There does seem to be a broad belief that destiny device could change the technology marketplace today, and create new opportunities. I firmly believe what's coming will be different enough to change the industry.

I have some ideas about what is coming.  I have my own predictions. I think mine are a pretty original.  I have a couple of weeks to get them down. I think they are part of what is going to make this device game changing.  I heard Andy Ihanatko say recently that he thinks he might have figured out about 50% of what is coming. He suspects the other 50% will surprise him and blow him away.  I am with Andy.

It's almost time for the game to change.  It's almost time to mark that point in time that we look back to and say "remember back when we DIDN'T have these Tablet thing-ies?" (Mac-tablet-netbook-thing-y courtesy of MacOSken).

We won't know the name until Steve spits it out.  We will be hanging on his words.  I suspect they will surprise us with the name and how it is positioned.  I await this evolution, eagerly.

Hurry up!