Analysis - Are tablets this year?s netbooks?

[HEXUS]

Thanks to the iPad, and many more launches to come, netbooks are now old news, but will tablets endure for longer?

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[The Hand]

A Tablet PC by Samsung with an AMOLED display, "Android-like" OS, Flash support and multitasking would be a winner with me .. Maybe a year or two away though.

[acetoo]

I think the weight of batteries is the thing that will hold back medium sized portable form factors.

Until small fuel cells come in the mainstream it's a considerable flaw in the design for true useability.

[baius]

At the moment, Tablet devices attract a premium. I suspect that one day you will only be able to buy devices with touch, much like the TV market is going with 3D - depsite their current price premium.

It may be that this doesn't happen (for either technology) in 2010, but I think it's inevitable.

Touch will become a tick-box that producers will feel obligated to "tick".