ok, interesting point that blu-ray is needed on a tablet, but I think you've made some errors...
Firsty, music is much easier to share over the internet and yet digital non-drm'd music is freely and legally available yet the more difficult to share video (larger files, less people sharing) is not available free of drm. Why? The market demanded it; we're getting fed up of DRM. We want to consume media the way we want to; legally at the right price.
Why? people nly want to buy media once, and they want to carry it with them so they can consume it where they want, on the train... carrying blu-ray discs is inconvenient.
Bluray also isnt relevant due to the resolution and size of the display on a tablet.
So in my opinion a tablet with blu-ray would be tiny and not make an impact.. the additional bulk and the power drain of the drive, then the power-drain of decoding high-res material to fit on a low-res screen...
A tablet with multi-tasking (for music playback & IM) a hybrid e-ink display (for ebooks) and ideally the ability to connect a (over bluetooth or some sort of snap-in (so the sound and controls for phone calls get routed through the same touchscreen device you are already interacting with)...
this is xonvergence - a trend we've been seeing for years... why have tablets & ebooks not looked to integrate more with the equipment we all have?
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