Here we go.

Ever since rumors of Apple’s first iPad began to look credible back in 2009, I’ve been watching the tablet space with a mixture of wonder and confusion.

As in “I wonder what’s going on? I’m really confused!”

After all, the devices really don’t offer anything you can’t get on a smartphone or a notebook computer, and their form factor is inconvenient, at best.

“Inconvenient”? Have you ever even used a tablet, Katherine? Or one?