New touch tablets circling the market

Wi-Fi connected touchscreen tablets are finally getting closer to the real thing. Testing out the unproven market niche, two players are getting closer to coming to market from two unlikely sources. Big manufacturers like Apple, Asus, and others have trouble seeing how this market will differentiate itself from a netbook and continue to wait on the sideline.

A touchscreen tablet, as currently defined is basically a netbook with no physical keyboard. The operating system has been slimmed down to just a web browser as the primary functions are surfing the web and web applications. The device is meant to be used at home as the ultimate couch computing device.