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I think for certain use cases it will still be a game changer. It fills the role of a 'more mobile' laptop. The form is not offensive. If someone handed you a t

I think for certain use cases it will still be a game changer. It fills the role of a 'more mobile' laptop. The form is not offensive. If someone handed you a tablet to: Fill out a form in a waiting room. Select your order at a restaurant. Go over your vitals in a hospital. Track incoming/outgoing inventory in a warehouse or somewhere else in the field where a desk may not be at hand. Businesses can see how this leads to improvements in productivity by reducing the data entry step that would usually be done by another person copying what was already entered. The functional potential goes beyond consumer web browsing and game playing.

EnderMB 16y ago
For the vast majority of those uses I would say that an iPad is overkill, although in a warehouse where a friend of mind works they use Android phones for inventory tracking. Don't get me wrong, I think that given time tablet computers will be the future. My problem is that the iPad doesn't offer even half of the experience I was expecting; the hardware is "okay" but at the moment it feels like a large iPhone and the apps available on the market don't utilise the unique experience that tablet computing should be for it to establish itself. As in the past, I cannot help but feel that the iPad will eventually lose out, as many others have.
- barista 16y ago
  The author is not a general representation of people for whom tablet is appealing. Whenever there is large amount of user created content a tablet will run intoi its limitations. But that's by design. A tablet is a consumption device as against to a production/consumption device like a laptop or a desktop. And many people are fine with it. My parent for example hate typing. The just forwad me emails or read stuff on the internet. Tablet is perfectly fine for people like them. As for android tablets, GOOG really needs to do something with their inconsistent UI. It somehow feels cheap. Be it the tablet or the phones. Both AAPL and MSFT offferings look much classier compared to theirs.

EnderMB 16y ago

For the vast majority of those uses I would say that an iPad is overkill, although in a warehouse where a friend of mind works they use Android phones for inventory tracking. Don't get me wrong, I think that given time tablet computers will be the future. My problem is that the iPad doesn't offer even half of the experience I was expecting; the hardware is "okay" but at the moment it feels like a large iPhone and the apps available on the market don't utilise the unique experience that tablet computing should be for it to establish itself. As in the past, I cannot help but feel that the iPad will eventually lose out, as many others have.

barista 16y ago
The author is not a general representation of people for whom tablet is appealing. Whenever there is large amount of user created content a tablet will run intoi its limitations. But that's by design. A tablet is a consumption device as against to a production/consumption device like a laptop or a desktop. And many people are fine with it. My parent for example hate typing. The just forwad me emails or read stuff on the internet. Tablet is perfectly fine for people like them. As for android tablets, GOOG really needs to do something with their inconsistent UI. It somehow feels cheap. Be it the tablet or the phones. Both AAPL and MSFT offferings look much classier compared to theirs.