Technology Riding More Power Waves Between Netbooks & Tablets

Amazing how technology works. The temptation of portability has been around for at least 15 years now with the introduction of notebooks, but the definition of portability continues to ride a wave of ups and downs. No sooner do I get use to crating my 5-pound laptop around the house and overcome my hardpressed feelings about carrying it on an airplane or to meetings, then the netbook appeared. That allows me some light-weight computing power on the road, keeping the majority of my files on a thumb drive and the minimal apps needed to do stuff I really care about (like writing). What's happening now? They're supposedly phasing netbooks out and phasing in tablets, notably led by the iPad and iPad2. That's fine if you consider typing as texting, but it really doesn't work for the serious types, like me. Yes, you can buy a keyboard, but do you really want to cart that around? No, sir, I don't. If men and women can managed to coexist, why can't we have a world with netbooks and tablets?