nice argument, although a little manipulative and misleading. maybe one could fool the german court with this. but of course these were not the only tablets before ipad.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Tab...

remove the physical keyboard and replace it with a soft keyboard provided by the os. voila! you've got an ipad!

by the way did you know hp's iPaq precedes iPad? aren't these two names are dangerously similar? they both have rounded corners.