I assumed he was referring to casual one-on-one demos later whilst meeting for a drink, rather than many people crowded in a tiny room. My experience of confer

I assumed he was referring to casual one-on-one demos later whilst meeting for a drink, rather than many people crowded in a tiny room. My experience of conferences is limited, but normally there's times when you're hanging around sharing drinks with people. It's one thing to say 'hey, I've built some really nice online calendar syncing software', it's another to pull out a tablet, load up your account in the calendar and quickly show him creating a couple of events and inviting people and get him seeing just how usable and fast it is. In fact, I think this, more than anything, is the 'killer app' for tablets - as Tim Bray said, they're a 'shareable' computer, and being able to quickly demo stuff live is invaluable.