Tablets will not simply disappear · Proposed air date:
BlackBerry chief Thorsten Heins' prediction that tablets would vanish within five years leads Dr. Dave and Evil Steve to consider how computers, phones, e-readers and tablets might converge. Dr. Dave doubts the category will disappear entirely, recalls Bill Gates presenting tablet computing in 2001 and credits Apple's iPad with finally turning it into a powerful consumer market.
This excerpt runs from 3:34.914 to 9:11.518 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2013-05-11. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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