I think you're missing a lot of what is happening with Tablet PCs. Perhaps
a viewing of the "case studies" would expand your perception:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/t...s/default.mspx

There is a large segment of users among students - high school or
college/university - and their instructors. Students use programs like
OneNote and GoBinder to track their classes, note-taking, etc., including
voice recordings of lectures while making notes.

Tablet PCs are not just a "geek" thing, but productive computers employed a
wide spectrum of users from lawyers, doctors and police officers to
warehousemen for inventory control, Real Estate agents, insurance claims
adjustors, and artists and writers. 8-)
--
Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP/Tablet PC
Tablet Creations - http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone


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>
> I think most people are mobile to some extent, even if its attending
> company meetings or switching between the office and home working.
>
> I don't think its inking that is the best selling point for tablet, I
> think
> its inking plus not having to carry a full size keyboard around with you
> ie
> truely portable tablets
>
> If you look at the portable and tablet market as a whole I think its
> segmenting like this
> 1. "On the go" People who want access to email and calendar on the move -
> answer:Blackberry/Smartphone (my guess would be this would be the largest
> market say 30-50 Million people). The trends in this market confirm to me
> that size is important
> 2. "Handwriters" People who want to be able to handwrite at their desk -
> I
> think this is a tiny market of mainly geeks and creative types. I'd be
> interested if anyone was some statistics for the size of this market. This
> seems to be the market microsoft is targetting and its small in my view.
> (is
> this segment really more than say 2-3 Million people?)
> 3. "Mobile workers". People who need more power than a Blackberry and need
> windows applications on the move - sales forces, warehouse staff, doctors,
> management consultants, market research people (market research is huge
> untapped market for tablet I believe) and poeple who "hot desk".
>
> The third market I believe is untapped currently. Think of the number of
> people who had filofaxs, how bulky they where, and what we can do now to
> get
> something far more powerful into their jacket pockets and suitcases/bags