For months, I have watched in disbelief at the hysteria over Apple’s rumored-to-be-upcoming tablet device without devoting a single article to it. It troubled me by how quickly unconfirmed reports could become concrete facts simply because they’ve been repeated enough. Even after all my fellow Betanews contributors added their opinions unto the noise, I didn’t want to pollute the air with my grumblings. However, just after Christmas, Technologizer’s Harry McCracken wrote what became my favorite story about the Apple tablet, and it isn’t even about the tablet itself.
