Here's a depressing illustration of a product philosophy encapsulated in a completely extraneous design feature. This is Engadget showing a pull-out tab on HP's forthcoming Slate tablet computer, a supposed challenger to the iPad. As Daring Fireball points out,
This photo says it all -- the device has a permanent slide-out tab that serves no technical purpose. It's just a place to put a bunch of regulatory and licensing small-print crap.
Is it any wonder that the iPad doesn't seem to have any real competition?