A lot of thoughtful people, many of whom are bloggers, look at this history and say, “Look at this march of progress! Surely the desktop + windows + mouse interface can’t be the end of the road? What’s next?”
Then “next” arrived and it was so unrecognizable to most of them (myself included) that we looked at it said, “What in the shit is this?”
This whole article should be required reading for everyone who has anything (positive or negative) to say about the iPad. As usual, Steve has a very keen analytical eye. Very good insight, here.