The MessagePad is not a tablet. Modern tablets are all about media consumption and games, and the MessagePad is not. The MessagePad might look like a tablet on the outside, but on the inside the MessagePad is less about consumption, and more about creativity.

With a MessagePad you can not only keep track of contacts, addresses, tasks, and events, but you can also create. The MessagePad was designed to create. It was made to write notes, to draw sketches, to illustrate shapes, and to record spoken words. The MessagePad was designed to be paired with a keyboard, or jot down ideas freehand while standing. It was designed to share.

The MessagePad was designed to communicate. It was made to send faxes, to beam data, to print pages, and to email correspondance. It can get online, assist in making phone calls, and when properly equipped, send SMS messages. It puts your creativity first.

The MessagePad was designed around you. Unlike iOS and Android which were designed to sell you on the value of apps and services, the MessagePad was designed to sell you on the value of yourself. The MessagePad puts your documents first. You can write anywhere, and what you create is saved instantly. The MessagePad starts up right where you left off. It can fax, beam, print, and email any document from any screen. With a MessagePad you are not limited by the capabilities of a specific application. A MessagePad does not get in your way.

I have a hard time believing a MessagePad is a tablet because I have never seen a tablet enhance creativity. Individual applications might aid in expression, but modern tablets are just trays full of apps. The tray does nothing to help me express myself, it is merely a delivery mechanism. Until a tablet’s applications start working together, until a tablet puts personal creativity above its applications, my MessagePad is not a tablet. It is much more valuable.