An Update

First of all, I saw this article today "Gates Sees Diminished Role for Keyboards", and it seemed to perfectly fit the tone and theme of this piece. It's nice to know that Bill agrees.

Secondly, I apologize for the lag in finishing this piece, been a busy week, but it will be done by the end of the weekend. Hope you've enjoyed it so far.

Update: Here is another article that appeared recently that fits with the overall trend of this piece. Originally, when I was considering how to solve the screen problem, I was thinking along the lines of some sort of glasses (like the ones used in virtual reality), or some sort of piece inserted into the eye. I eventually abandoned this idea because I figured that if the overall idea is that this mobile computer will be with people at all times in all aspects, they don't want a precondition of use being visual impairment (something people don't like in general). Thus the holographic screen was the champion. I think the contact idea is a cool one, but I only see it being applied in military and industrial setting, not consumer.