This seems to be mostly looking at tablets as potential computer replacements, but that's not really where they're good. A tablet (or phone) can be a decent sup

This seems to be mostly looking at tablets as potential computer replacements, but that's not really where they're good. A tablet (or phone) can be a decent supplement but is unlikely to be a replacement. A few areas to consider: * When you're mobile with a laptop and used to working on multiple monitors, there's software you can use to make a tablet or "phablet" into a second monitor. This depends on you having a reasonable stand and you'll probably want it plugged in (at least if it's a phone and you want to preserve battery life), but at least one of the options (iDisplay, iOS and Android) works with either Wifi or USB as a connection. * Offload non-essentials or things you'd like to be able to refer to - ebooks, to-do lists. * Offload communications (email, twitter, etc.) that you might otherwise be tempted to have on your laptop - if those are on the tablet, you're not flipping over to them on your primary machine. * (mostly phones) As a capture device, these may not be as fast or flexible as pen and paper, but where they can be great is as meta-capture devices: take notes, draw, etc., then take a picture of it in something that auto-syncs for you to process further later (e.g. convert that quick sketch into a network diagram)