Tablets took a decade to catch the promise · Proposed air date:
Remembering Bill Gates devoting his 2001 Comdex keynote to tablets, Dr. Dave notes that the form did not become a broadly practical alternative until roughly 2011. He sees the long gap as evidence that technology companies must continually create interest in the next product, then predicts that a fuller convergence of smartphone and watch could become genuinely compelling.
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