While the article is being (rightfully) ridiculed for the over the top headline, there is some truth in there. The iPad and it's competitors are still fairly ex

While the article is being (rightfully) ridiculed for the over the top headline, there is some truth in there. The iPad and it's competitors are still fairly expensive for an "impulse buy", and I don't think it's clear to a lot of people how tablets are useful. They seem cool, but it's hard to justify spending that much for something you aren't even sure if you're going to use, at least with what I make. It's much easier to consider buying a $200 tablet. I can't see that a tablet would be useful enough to me to spend the few extra hundred dollars to get a more powerful one.