First really good iPad discussion I've seen:<p>"<i>In innovation theory [ Apple currently does ] the fast-follower strategy. But it may not work for Apple this time, because there is nobody to follow. Nobody has gotten tablets – a radical-disruptive problem – even roughly right yet.</i>"<p>He cites two reasons:<p>"<i>Open Innovation: For anything truly radical-disruptive, it takes many democratically-contending peers with different aesthetic visions to build the first working instance....</i>"<p>"<i>Metaphor Incoherence: Central conceptual metaphors haven’t yet cohered, and vestiges of inherited metaphors remain...</i>"<p>And he explains how what Apple is doing with the iPad doesn't match the requirements of the problem at this point.<p>Followed by quite a bit more. <i>Highly</i> recommended, especially if you're a Clayton Christensen (<i>The Innovator’s Dilemma</i>) fan as I am.