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Scoble has some more thoughts on the Tablet PC, and why we should want one. He lists some things it's better at, in his opinion:

• Sitting in coach on an airplane. Hmm. I do this a lot, and I don't see it. I typically want a keyboard when I'm flying, as I'll be responding to emails, looking at syndication items and blogging them, writing code... etc. Having just a screen has no value to me - I need the keyboard
• Computing while standing up. Hmm - I have about zero interest in that. if I wanted a computer while standing up, I'd want something small - if I can't use a keyboard, I want to be able to pull it out and put it away quickly - and that's not a Tablet
• If I need to take notes with a pen. Hmm - I prefer a legal pad for that. The screen simply isn't big enough to productively take notes on. Paper is.

Vertical markets? Yes, there are scads of those where a Tablet makes sense. I can't really see it breaking into the general PC/laptop space until the price is about the same as for a regular notebook though - for most of us, I just don't think there's a truly compelling need for a Tablet beyond the "cool" factor...