2010 will bring the tablet (back from the dead)

So says Wired in their prediction of tablets finally taking hold.

“The touch-based user interface is something we got from the handset market,” Kuittinen said. “And now that you have this innovation, it’s easier to go back to the tablet concept, and say, “Wait a minute, let’s add this.” All of a sudden the device is a lot more appealing and sexier, especially since you have multitouch.”

I’m all for an uber sleek device for mibile computing, but part of the usability of a tablet mobile phone (a la iPhone) is the shaking, gesturing, pointing, and pocketability. A tablet loses much of this and adds power, network, and protection issues.

Maybe man-purses will take on, too.