The ModBook could be the slickest Tablet PC out there, because it is the first publically available Tablet with Apple's Mac OS X. Apple played a risky move with their Newton's years ago (Apple's precursor to the Palm Pilot revolution), and now that I'm finally in the market to look for a WiFi Business device, like a Blackberry, only w/ a Mac OS, there is no Newton to be found.

And of course, with the iPhone, I could theoretically get the Palm or Blackberry Features with a Mac Platform, but the iPhone seems better suited for media and entertainment than for business. Here's a review of the Blackberry 8800 vs. the iPhone as a business tool. Now Blackberry has the 8820, which is enabled with true 802.11 a/b/g Wi-Fi support.

But I digress. The ModBook is a Tablet, or more like a really big iPhone, with up to 4GB Ram and 200GB Storage and a DL SuperDrive! Oh and a built in iSight camera, plus all those USB 2.0 and Firewire ports of a MacBook Pro. Added to it is a Wacom Touch Sensitive Screen Display, with something over 100 sensitivity levels detected. Pretty sweet, huh? I want one.

Sid hauls his iBook around all the time, but the open, close, open, close, pack it while it's hot, and use it while maneuvering can get just a little distracting. Plus, opening a laptop screen at a business table is like putting a little Berlin Wall up, and whoever's on one side gets all the good stuff, while the other side only gets to dream about it.

Sid likes his iBook, because as a laptop, it's SMALL not huge. Why haul a huge laptop? The purpose of a laptop is portability, so therefore the more portable, the better, so if Apple could fit the ModBook specs into an iPhone (which I bet they could...), then it's be the ultra omega of business communication portability. However, there's something to be said for having enough screen space to actually see what's going on, right? So here the ModBook takes the stage again, as the much more professional portable IT device for business professionals, than an iPhone could possibly be.

One thing about Sid's iBook, is that it is small enough to port to meetings all the time, and allows for Sid to work on projects with clients live, and make changes or go live from whereever they're at. This allows for Sid to actually use project files, be they Final Cut Pro video projects, Adobe Photoshop design files, DreamWeaver or Flash project files, Word, Appleworks, or any plethora of programs that may be necessary to download or upgrade on the fly. The mini-OS of an iPhone, or even a Blackberry, doesn't really provide this full computer functionality (yet).

So, the ModBook is Sid's ideal Professional Business IT & Communications device available. It's pricetag is still pretty high, but close to reasonable around $2,900 for the ultra-omega full featured version. They are available from one of Sid's favorite Custom Mac Hardware Providers - Other World Computing. OWC also has the best deals for upgrading your Apples with RAM, Hard Drives, or Processor Power.

While we save up some dough in Sid's office, the debate will now be, Blackberry or iPhone? The Blackberry 8820 seems to be the pimp of this mobile media market, but for that lowsey Windows OS. How could we ever keep it synched with our computers. This video below has helped us sort out some differences between the two, though.