Also worth keeping an eye on: the TouchBook, a netbook with a detachable touchscreen display: http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/ http://www.alwaysinnova

Also worth keeping an eye on: the TouchBook, a netbook with a detachable touchscreen display: http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/ http://www.alwaysinnovating.com/touchbook/ I'd love to see an open-source product that rivaled the utility and UX (and fun!) of the iPad, but I'm not holding my breath. Put simply, the free software community doesn't have a great track record when it comes to interfaces and behavioral design. What makes the iPad great isn't the hardware, it's the OS and the APIs.