The big question for the tablet is "What niche does this fill?" To be successful, it's going to have a handful of pre-packaged use cases (the iPhone/Touch had

The big question for the tablet is "What niche does this fill?" To be successful, it's going to have a handful of pre-packaged use cases (the iPhone/Touch had web browsing, mail, mp3 player, calling) and share the iPhone's support for apps. The niche question gets answered by 3rd party developers who are sure to come up with more brilliant ideas for use cases than Apple's engineers will on their own. Already in the comments here people have stated the niche they'd like this to fill for them. The draw for a tablet arises from the combination of nice form factor + portability + the apps that nails my niche. Maybe I really should pick up some Cocoa...