Whitman says their view is that they now have the opportunity to compete in a multi-form factor, multi-OS, multi-chipset world.

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Enter Spark, a seven-inch slate that comes running the Plasma Active UX, an open-source OS based on Linux kernel, KDE's multi-platform Plasma environment and a dash of Qt for good measure.

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While you're still able to access the same 'ol half-and-half view from before, you can now have more than two windows open, and it's also possible to adjust the size -- and even have them piled on top of each other, much like what you'd find on a classic desktop OS. We loved Multi-Window before, and adding this new capability makes it even more tempting.

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Moving on, the external touchpad is a Magic TrackPad competitor if ever we saw one, with support for all the multi-finger gestures you're used to making in OS X.

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Mac experts, for instance, can be seen using keystrokes and multi-touch gestures to move from app to app and trigger other OS-level actions.

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The new OS gives you some wonderful capabilities, such as video capture services, multi-tasking and of course, taking advantage of functionality like Retina display on iPhone 4 and the new camera on Gen 3 iPod touch.

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