I’m not suggesting that creating the iPad based off the iPhone was an easy feat for Apple to pull off, but it was a logical progression. Perhaps only Apple could have pulled off a tablet that garnered so much attention, but in doing so they essentially opened the doors to a new product line that other companies can now pursue. I’m sure Microsoft will be one of those companies, but that’s thinking a fair bit ahead.
While we wait for Microsoft to make their own tablet, take a look at how one clever designer has envisioned it’s existence:
I’m wondering what they would call it? Windows Tablet 7? Windows Phone Tablet 7? Windows Phone 7 Tablet? Hmmmmm. I like “WinTab” myself. I would say Microsoft should stick with their “X” as in Xbox and call their products xPhone and xTab but they’d catch too much heat for following in Apple’s footsteps.
