I am on the plane (again) and traveling down to lovely San Francisco (again) this time to do some talks with some of my favorite folks – the press… Anyway, I am sitting next to a gentlemen who’s been furiously working on crossword puzzles out of a book which from all appearances is quite old.

I asked him if he likes those crossword puzzles and he said “Yes, I do”. So, I asked if he uses computers on any type of regular basis. He said “no, not since I retired”, which was probably 10 years ago based on my assessment. I just had to do it, I pulled out my Motion 1400 with the cool View Anywhere screen and fired up the NY Times crossword puzzle and handed it to him. At first he looked intimidated, I told him it’s a Tablet PC, use the Pen to write and the eraser to erase. Just go ahead and play.

Ok, so that’s was the last time I saw my tablet during the flight. He picked it up and starting working the puzzle, correct answers too. Within minutes he was flipping the pen around erasing his mistakes – just amazing.

Tablets will open new opportunities, they will get you new customers and they will become mainstream computing devices. My friend in seat 23d who now wants a Tablet PC has verified this for me once again…

Later

/frank