If I was in charge, I would scramble to get a multi touch navigation mechanism to Window 7 for multi touch enabled screens. Current start menu sucks for multi or even single touch. Not even for bigger screens. Forget about small screens of smart phones or MID.
That would be step number one. Once you have that, third party developers can fill in true multi touch applications. At least single touch applications. The OS itself should do basic multi touch gestures. I haven’t used a lot of multi touch on Windows 7. My only experience with Windows 7 multi touch is the HP touch smart all in one PC at Fry’s Electronics.
It is not that Windows 7 is bad for tablet. But there is no good hardware out there. A keyboard is always good to have. Built in is even better. It doesn’t have to be out all the time. Anything more than 1/2 inch thickness including the keyboard is not acceptable for the small form factor tablet.
Get a better screen resolution. I went to NewEgg.com to check the resolutions of all Windows tablet PCs. Many of them have screen resolutions of 13+ but the resolutions are maxing out at 800 lines vertical. That’s lame. That is much lower than HP touch smart desk top. Google Nexus One has a vertical resolution of 480. That’s for a 3.7 inch screen. And all those tablets are old school.
Use almost all of the devices height and width for screen. Don’t leave bars on all the sides. That makes the device bulkier than it need be.
Get some serious content. One of the problems with Windows Media Center all along was that it lacked content. Even today, the excitement wears out in a day. I didn’t want to go to Windows Media Center after seeing that BP ad over and over again after each video. All the partners on Windows suck big time.
Apple can find partners for books, videos and music. On Windows there seems to be a decent content for Zune users. Integrate it with Windows. If that requires a separate Windows 7 SKU, let it be. A tightly controlled SKU built on top of some version of Windows 7.
Have 3G/4G and get at least one partner for unlimited data. This will lead to things like NetFlix streaming along with Zune streaming. Why not extend Zune pass to videos and movies? May be buy NetFlix and integrate it into Zune ecosystem. One pass to rule them all. How about books? If I have a Zune pass I can listen to all the music, watch all videos and movies (only streaming) I like and read all books and magazines in the store. I could also decide that I only need music and the price will $10, add videos at $15, movies at $25 and everything at $50.
