CNET has the most comprehensive speculative analysis we've seen yet on Apple's allegedly forthcoming iPad, "a device that fits somewhere in between the iPhone and the MacBook." Rounding up reports from The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek and the Silicon Alley Insider, writer Tom Krazit lays out what this UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) is thought to be--some sort of media pad--as well as why previous attempts at such a device that have failed, and what Apple can do differently to make sure this one doesn't.
Many have been hoping Apple would enter the netbook market, which they have repeatedly vowed not to; will this new device sidestep netbooks and create a successful new category? Read and decide for yourself.
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