Not too big and not too small, that’s how the analysts firm Deloitte has described the next big piece of tech in 2010. Yes 2010 will be the year of the tablet computer, another weapon in our arsenal of connectivity and portable entertainment (to go alongside the netbook, smartphone, mp3 player and portable games device).  It seems that while technology is getting ever smaller so the bags we carry around with us have become ever bigger (and heavier).

While previous attempts to launch tablet PCs have been largely unsuccessful, in no small part thanks to Microsoft related involvement, Apple are leading this new product category so it’s bound to be a success (just like the Pippin, Apple Newton and Apple Eworld)? While I am sceptical as to exactly what hole in our lives tablet computers will fill (it’s not a phone and it’s not a PC), I am looking forward to Apple unveiling their new device this month. I’m getting bored of my Samsung netbook, iPhone, iPod and Nintendo DS and want to see what piece of tech will be ‘just right’ for me in 2010…