Apple had better hurry up and introduce the second generation iPad soon.  Although many have laughed at the paucity of serious competitors, CES showed us that the product category is far from being ignored.

Samsung showed off its "7 Series" notepad, with slide-out keyboard that also places the screen in a standard laptop position.

Motorola demostrated the Atrix solution, which is a fascinating combination of a dockable phone for screens, keyboards and entertainment centers, as well as its Xoom tablet running Android 3.0  The Android OS really shines here, since it was developed specifically with tablet functionality in mind.  Motorola was teasing early on at CES with a funny video I published on Friday.  The Xoom, however, impressed many serious hard-cire tablet users.