MS Origami
Maybe it's just me, but every time I see shots of Microsoft's new mini-tablet PC (movie), I think Newton.
It's too big and expensive to support consumer PDA use cases and not compelling enough to shift away from laptops.
Until proper ultra-low-power paper-thin displays are more common-place (read cheap), I don't see the status-quo changing. There are currently five and only 5 form-factors for computing.
- Embedded/Appliance/Pervasive (watch, rfid tag, sensors)
- Hand-held (PDA/Phone/iPod)
- Desktop/Laptop (Keyboard + Monitor)
- Theatre (Media-PCs, Mac-Minis, DVD Players)
- Installation (super-computers, renderfarms, artistic exhibitions)