It's all a matter of the journey I suppose. this chap has found his niche and is happy there. My journey was a little different. I started pocket computing w

It's all a matter of the journey I suppose. this chap has found his niche and is happy there. My journey was a little different. I started pocket computing with my USR palm 5000, upgraded to a palm III and then ended that part of the journey with a Zaurus. I decided that the form factor wasn't good enough for me to get productive work done and they were really just toys, so I struggled by with laptop and desktop, I got an MSI Wind and really enjoyed it, proper portable computing, then when apple finally launched their much anticipated tablet, I jumped and I love it. Now, since I had fallen out with pocket size computers, I never got a smartphone since I would have considered it a toy, I just have a standard nokia that can make calls and send and receive SMS. My tablet is now a device that gives me great productivity. i'm a bit of a photo buff and have by slr handy, or a little point and shoot nearby, don't care about having one device that does everything, right tool for the job is my mindset. My iPad is used for consumption and for creation, I'm a BA and that involves lots of meetings and workshops, having all project documentation at my fingertips in that situation is perfect, I make big use of mind maps and the software I have for that integrates with the desktop software for continuing the work later on. So yes, I do really need a tablet, it's perfect for me, I waited years and it has delivered proper portable computing that I've long dreamed about. I think that if you have a smartphone, you're perhaps duplicating a lot of the functionality of your powerful little phone on the tablet device, but don't forget the screen size, the thing that turned me off the palm type devices in the first place, that is the winner for me. I don't need it to fit in my pocket. That's my journey and it's a bit different to the author's, so arrives at a different place. The author made it clear at the beginning of his piece that one size does not fit all, the tablet is not something he's willing to get on board with and that's absolutely fine, but he does appear to be drawing the conclusion that no-one needs these devices and it's somehow that we've all been seduced by slick advertising selling us a device that we have no use for. I suggest that the author gives it a whirl, he might be pleasantly surprised.