What will you use your Windows 8 Tablet for?

We have a tablet that sits in our lounge and for the most part is used for browsing the Internet while watching / half watching the TV.  (Previously to this we had a netbook in the lounge but this was only barely tollerted by my wife).  So the 7" Samsung Tab has just been recently ousted by the Touchpad, both are good devices but also both are lacking.  (I have resisted the urge to buy an iPad).

Here are my thoughts (noting that this is not well thought out - just a brain dump of now)

I want to control the TV in a really interactive way that integrates the following:

• I want a basic/full featured remote
• TV listings that enable me to select the channel I am watching now and also mark things for recording  in the future (or tag anything from the past that I've missed
• I want my own personal channel - I want to be able to select TV programs that only I want to watch along with anything from the Internet that I also want to watch in the future (channel 9 videos/ YouTube, Pluralsight, Movie Trailers etc.as well as my own 'home videos' which sit on my network somewhere.  (I want this all presented to me in a standard manner regardless of it's source)
• I want my own personal channel of 'auto reccomended watching' based on what I have watched previously and my searches in BING/Google..
• I want more 3d programs (I have a 3D TV after all)

At any time that I am using the Tablet I want to be able to turn to my family and say 'take a look at this' and with a flick of the wrist, fire it onto the family TV (I still retain controlof what I am doing via the tablet).  The TV programming will automatically pause/resume when I do this.

I want all my devices to operate a single appointment and reminder system.

I want to be able to play XBOX/PS3 games on the tablet (anything on my XBOX is available on my tablet)

I want to be able to monitor and control my house from my tablet:

   Central Heating
   Alarms
   Lighting etc
   My availability (for phone/social networks etc). 
   Start / warm up the car for me in the winter

Wherever practical I want to be able to use all my existing Windows Apps - although what I really want is 'touch optimised' versions (as opposed to just 'touch enabled')

I also want all my favourite Windows Phone apps (optimised for the tablet)

I want my tablet to be able to report on my (and my families) personal health.

I want to be able to read magazines & books on my tablet.

I want to be able to select any music for playing locally or elsewhere in my home

I want my tablet to maintain stock of food (and regular household purchases) and allow me to replenish automatically and manually.

I want to be able to manage my money with my tablet to comunicate with my bank and be smarter about knowing where I have spent my money (RFID / Barcode monitoring?)

OK, so not all easy things to achieve and many relying on other systems and standards that don't exist yet.  Ho Hum.

Will TouchStudio be available for the tablet?

@AdamSpeight2008:Sweet idea - but I want to be able to kick off actions on other devices as well as the tablet.  Could be a great enabler for the future.  We probably need some kind of lexicon of all kinds of functionality as a starting point (ie every possible action type is catalogued and standardised). 

On/Off would be a good start though.

Well most of the "home controll" stuff can be done right now.  lookup "Smart Home" and x10

there is a newer set of devices that are based on the old x10 modules that you can get into.  they have light switchs and dimmers that can be controlled and outlets that can switch on/off by remote.

for some things you need to look at IR Blasters, IR can manage most stuff like TV/ Stereo X-BOX etc....

the trick is then getting all of them on one custom remote control system.

also there are blinds that have fancy remotes like roll the shades up/down by remote.

I'd use it as a multi-touch MIDI controller obviously
I also wouldn't have to mess with clumsy network MIDI drivers and the insanely bad Bonjour service that you seem to always need to get these things working from iOS apps to a PC.

In fact, if Win8 could have network MIDI and virtual MIDI connections like OSX already has that would make stuff so much simpler for people who use their computers and portable devices for music.

Wp7 apps on Win8?  here's someone who might know talking ..

http://wmpoweruser.com/nvidia-ceo-expects-windows-phone-7-apps-to-run-on-windows-8/

I have simple requirements for my tablet experience.

OneNote with a pen input. I want to replace all my paper notepads so that all my notes are synced into the cloud and accessible from where ever I am. (Plus it will clear lots of clutter from my desk)

4 hours ago,Michael Butler wrote

I have simple requirements for my tablet experience.

OneNote with a pen input. I want to replace all my paper notepads so that all my notes are synced into the cloud and accessible from where ever I am. (Plus it will clear lots of clutter from my desk)

You can do that now. No need for a "Windows 8 tablet".

Size wise I want something along the lines of the Touchpad / iPad (10") with a neat way to dock the tablet and use it in' exhibition mode' (a la Touchpad) while charging.

I tend to use the Internet a lot, so I will probably use it mostly for that, I never realised just how convenient and enjoyable it is using a tablet, if you don't have one, definitely plan to get one

Worth noting (with apologies for teaching Granny to suck eggs) that the Samsung Tab/TouchPad/iPad experience is in a different domain in terms of use than traditional Windows tablets (which tend to be more about productivity, as opposed to being leisure based).

I hope to goodness that Win8 Tablets embrace this in a way that existing Win7 Tablets (at least from last year) have failed to do.

That said I am looking forward to running Win8 on my old (2009 PDC) tablet as well.

1 day ago,Harlequin wrote

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You can do that now. No need for a "Windows 8 tablet".

Not found the right hardware to do it. I'm hoping Windows 8 will bring some better hardware in the best form factor. Plus using current Windows on a tablet is a PIA. I should I have said, I want Metro interface and OneNote together.

@Michael Butler: I use OneNote all day, every day. IMO it's the killer app. I use my tablet for a lot, but that's the one that never gets closed.

I'm hoping to get one with a gyro and a compass so I can write a self-orienting app for viewing blueprints.