Tabula rasa (Latin: blank slate) refers to the notion that individuals are born without built-in mental content and that their knowledge comes from experience and perception.
We will soon know much more about the new Apple Tablet, on January 27, only two days from now. It could be entertaining to predict what sort of design Apple will announce and find out how far off I am once revealed. If I were designing a new Apple Tablet, this is what I would specify:
Thin…very thin…like an 8.5×11 paper pad. 11″ touchscreen. SSD – Solid State Drive…no moving parts, low power consumption. Inspired by the existing Mac Air notebook computer. Multiple USB connections and Firewire. 4GB RAM, Intel low power processor. Non-replaceable battery. Mac OS-X Touch software. Improved software for handwriting recognition. WiFi and maybe WiMax. Data plan for Internet access and media downloads, this time from Verizon Wireless. Speakers, microphone, and camera(s). All software in the iTunes library that works for iPhone will work for tablet device.
