Imagine a small, portable tablet, about the size of a magazine, that would allow you to surf news sites on the Web while you lounge on the sofa or during a visit to the bathroom. Many people have fantasized about such a device, but now the reality is getting closer. Freeing electronic news consumers from desktop or laptop computers could, in time, change everything. WebPAD is a small tablet, about the size of a thick magazine.
User interaction is with a pen stylus or optional keyboard.
It is a single-purpose device. It is designed to access the Internet, but is not a personal computer and probably will not have a hard disk. It is not expected to replace a PC, but rather complement it. The concept is the same as the cordless phone you probably have in your house. The portable tablet communicates with the base unit by radio frequency.