Unlike smartphones and laptops, which replaced analog phones, typewriters, and
filing cabinets, the tablet is pure digital abstraction -- the love-child of two
digital devices
The answer is that our current digital ecosystem of smartphone + laptop
doesn’t really fill our needs. Our phones aren’t good at making phone calls, and
our laptops don’t share well. Both cost a lot but use only a fraction of their
features. So much has changed since these platforms were originally defined that
it’s time for a major re-adjustment, and the tablet is the first step. It’s the
tip of the iceberg.
The tablet’s greatest impact on the technology ecosystem was in pointing out
this weakness
. Tasks that had been split between two devices can be distributed among three.
So what happens next? As a result of the tablet, your smartphone is going to get
a bit dumber. It won’t lose all of its functions, but most ancillary features
will drop deeper back in the user interface, bringing the two killer apps of
phone and camera to the surface.
The form factor that a tablet provides means that you can still watch a movie or video without it being too small, but a tablet is also much more mobile than carrying a laptop around with your everywhere. Tablets can access a wide variety of content as well. In Canada, th
e majority of major media companies have released iPad apps so you can watch their content right on your device.
it’s no longer necessary for you to print out the majority of documents.
a tablet is an excellent way to find and read the news. Many major publications offer RSS feeds of their content that is exactly the same as it would appear in their print editions, or they at least link to their website so that you canAn RSS reader app can collect these feeds and present them to you on your iPad so that you don’t need to look at multiple different websites to find all the news you want to read.
having a tablet handy means you always have a great way to take down notes and you always have access to them, unlike that piece of scrap paper you probably just lost. Also when you write a note on a tablet, you can easily set them up to sync with your other devices so you can have them no matter what device is at your disposal.
it is much easier to pull out a tablet while using public transit if you want to lookup something quickly as opposed to whipping out your laptop.
Tablets get the best of both laptops and smartphones!
Apple seems to be on a mission to prove this with the release of iMovie and GarageBand for the iPad.
even easier to use than their “computer” counterparts
Tablets are still in their infancy as far as new technologies go.
I think tablets are here to stay, and whether you have an iPad or an Android tablet, there are plenty of benefits to owning one.
I find this is ironic that the publishers are calling Apple the "evil empire." And so it begins the echoes of a complete publishing industry turnover. Like the music industry ten years a go, great opportunity is born out of great turmoil. Futures of whole companies and industries will be decided in the next year.
"I humbly implore all media companies who read this - downtrodden newspaper editors, heads of publishing houses, and CEOs of media businesses: don't listen to Apple, Google, or Yahoo. Join the Rebellion. Help us save journalism.