This is a rather good article about the state of user interfaces for tablets.
http://gizmodo.com/5461767/the-two-wrong-ways-to-make-a-tablet
The summary is that in the market currently, there are 2 main ways of building a tablet interface:
- Taking a desktop interface and shrinking it to a tablet interface (Windows Tablets)
- Taking a mobile device (phone) interface, and blowing it up to the size of a tablet (iPad and Android tablets)
Both cases are suboptimal. What is needed is a radically different way of doing a tablet interface.
Introducing the Microsoft Courier Tablet.
http://www.pcworld.com/article/181487/microsoft_courier_a_feature_breakdown.html
I have never been a fan of Microsoft, but I must say that I would definitely be interested to lay my hands on one of this tablet if it were available!