Personally, I think that's mega-unintuitive when you can have the things you're touching right there, in front of your face. Sure, it gets rid of the issue of f

Personally, I think that's mega-unintuitive when you can have the things you're touching right there, in front of your face. Sure, it gets rid of the issue of fingers blocking the display, but people really like the tangibility of the touchscreen. Perhaps iPad-like devices will function as I/O devices for desktops in the future, but it seems more likely that for most markets they'll just completely replace them.