Tablet PCs: Stuck In A Niche
Three years after their introduction, tablet PCs have settled into a small niche serving people who regularly take notes or fill out forms while on the job. Yet they'll remain just 2% of the overall notebook market. Use has been limited to markets such as health care, pharmaceutical sales, manufacturing, and education. Consumers, meanwhile, have shown little interest in tablet PCs. Analysts say Microsoft has been partly to blame. InformationWeek has the full story.