I'm not a fan of the iPad, but at least it's a real product. Microsoft loves concepts, yet they almost never deliver. They're like an auto company that turns ou

I'm not a fan of the iPad, but at least it's a real product. Microsoft loves concepts, yet they almost never deliver. They're like an auto company that turns out beautiful concept cars for the trade shows that will never appear in a dealership. Case in point: over-the-air syncing of contacts and calendars appeared in Microsoft tech demos for at least fifteen years. Yet the company that actually made it happen for me was Apple, with the iPhone and MobileMe. And Microsoft still doesn't have a solution unless you're a suit with an Exchange server back at the office.