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 into

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.