I would like the SideShow to be able to support the same gadgets as Windows Sidebar. The internet-connected ones (such as the Weather or Exchange rate one) would, of course, show only an offline snapshot of the data.
This would give us access to much wider range of gadgets. Why create yet another standard when one is already out there?
Also, I would like the SideShow to be touch-sensitive by default :-)

Anyone with me?

Bruno

MS-DOS emulator ;D

I would think about the types of applets from the original SideKick (showing my age here). They would need some kind of user input keys (Asus looks like cursor move and Enter only) but Microsoft showed various kinds of SideShow devices with input keys
1) A calculator
2) A notepad
3) A Calendar – just the current month
4) A clock – duhh – just the current time

Other interesting widgets:
1) Simple games – Tetris, Asteroids, Space Invaders etc.
2) Map viewers – load a Google map while in PC mode zoomed in all the way, store it locally, then allow viewing with zoom and pan.
3) Is USB connectivity possible? If so, a USB media browse

Regards,
Alan

Doom!

;)