@rosanlo Convertible tablets are a dead form factor. Expect that by end of 2011, no manufacturer will be releasing/announcing convertible tablets. Handwriting recognition is also dead. The stylus is dead for that matter. The future of tablets is all touch. No one is working on better stylus input at this point. So handwriting recog is not going to see any great improvement.
Forrester is off in this projection, for sure but it's not because they are unrealistic but because they are too conservative. Tablets will outsell Netbooks by middle of next year and will outsell Notebooks by 2015. In very small and admittedly anecdotal sampling, everyone who I know using an iPad says that it replaces 80%+ of their need for a notebook/laptop. Those people will not buy another laptop. The future of computing will be a series of docks (at work, at home, in the car?) and you will drop your slate in for different input interfaces (keyboard) when straight touch doesn't meet your needs.
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