I suppose my reservations with comparing the IT to a computer is in the uses. For me, if I'm going to drop ~$400 on say the N810, I could easily get a cheap laptop for that, and do so much more.

However, with said laptop, I can't stick it in my pocket, and I likely can't do (as easily) alot of the other things that an IT is good for. Hence my personal description of an Internet Tablet bringing the internet to your pocket, in whatever form that is to you (and it will be different to everyone).

However, as I've stated earlier, I don't think there's a right answer to this question of "what is an Internet Tablet?". If you're able to compare it to a laptop, great. I'm able to just say that it's the internet, and whatever you want to do with the internet. To each his own.

The end result is that we all have the same hardware, and yet are getting vastly different uses out of it, which is really neat, if you think about it.