That's pretty much why Apple is at the bottom of the list, for me. I love Nextstep/OSX, and I typically love their products (though, the lack of full BT stack, and lack of options for physical keyboards, on the iPhone&iPodTouch are big mistakes, IMO), but their attitude over the course of the last decade has gone from "embrace openness" to "lets go back to being close minded arrogant bastards". Early 2000's: "Think Different". Late 2000's: "Think Steve's way".

They could wow me, especially if their tablet (if it even exists) is more based on Mac OS X (open application ecosystem) instead of iPhone OS X (closed application ecosystem). But I'm not counting on it. So, they're on the list, but only at the bottom of the list.

The HP, eDGe, and ICD tablets make the list because they're _close_ to what I want, but I haven't seen enough about the HP and ICD tablets to make me think that they're going to be exactly what I want (esp. since I'm pretty sure they don't have pixelqi displays). And, of course, I know which ways the eDGe comes up short. I'm mainly keeping them on the list just in case the Adam doesn't live up to the expectations they've created for themselves. If that happens, then I have 2nd/3rd/4th choices to consider as well (without having to rely upon Apple to save the day).