is the tablet a pc or something else ?

BusinessInsider reports of Steve Jobs speech in his surprising appearance on the iPad2 event.  declares:  

"Our competitors are looking at this like it's the next PC market. That is not the right approach to this. These are post-PC devices that need to be easier to use than a PC, more intuitive. The hardware and software need to intertwine more than they do on a PC. We think we're on the right path with this."

Two points are clear from this speech and from the evolving Tablet reality: 

1. Steve Jobs continues Apple's old perception of tight hardware/software relations which requires great control between software and hardware development, and is suitable with Apple's old close-model of software/hardware manufacturing. 
2. Microsoft and Google, on the other hand continue the old PC model of separation between hardware manufacturers and software developers. The business insider bit tells of Microsoft's effort to transfer the foll Windows 7 to tablets, and of Google's efforts regarding its operating system. 

I personally believe that open approaches beat the close approaches in the long run. This has also been the lesson in the last 40 years of computing. 

Is this Apple repeating its eternal error ? or has the day of Jobs the prophet finally come ? 

Only time will tell. You've got to admit it will be kind of nice to watch, with all those new tablets expected to come out this year...