One place tablets really shine are field work: when you need to be moving about and still have computing access (hospitals, construction sites, surveying, etc).

One place tablets really shine are field work: when you need to be moving about and still have computing access (hospitals, construction sites, surveying, etc). This is the same reason why the iPhone is such a great mobile device, you might as well it a tablet that happens to be a phone and fits in your pocket.