Most important part of the article... "But there’s one question at the top of the list, the answer to which is the key to answering every other question. That

Most important part of the article... "But there’s one question at the top of the list, the answer to which is the key to answering every other question. That question is this: If you already have an iPhone and a MacBook; why would you want this? The epigraph I used to start this piece — the bit about Steve Jobs demanding that a tablet be useful for more than just reading on the can — indicates that Apple will release nothing without such an answer. I agree that such an answer is essential." I'm no prophet so I won't even guess whether he (or everyone else for that matter) is right or wrong on what's coming. What I will say is the "Cone of Silence" he refers to is encouraging. As he points out in the article the last time Apple had all the engineers drop off the grid like this was before the iPhone launch. Given that I have to assume Apple thinks they have something big here (on the logic of the cone's impenetrability being proportional to how great Steve J. thinks the product is)