With the hypometer seemingly at fever pitch already, but still 9 days until Apple purportedly launches a new tablet device, Appleinsider has published a good article on the the history of tablet computing, dating back to the early 70s.
With the iPhone revolutionising mobile touch interfaces in 2007, and perhaps the tablet to do the same for bigger devices, Apple's role in this particular lineage of computing always makes me think. The Apple Newton was well ahead of its time and, not long after his return to the company Jobs famously cancelled that project in the late 90s as it wasn't a viable focus given the light Apple was in. It's also a lesson to learn: some ideas may be too early, but that doesn't mean they have to die.
Read the full article over at Appleinsider.
