If you think the iPad might not be for you, here is a company that is doing what Apple is, but with a full keyboard attached. They control the OS, the updates, etc... you just use it and forget it.
In one very real sense the whole thing was an exercise in public communications, a process by which two very large companies made a case for themselves in the public arena.
Chris sez, "Bill Watterson, creator of the timeless comic classic Calvin & Hobbes, looks back on the strip with no regrets in his first interview in 15 years. Short, but definitely worth reading."