Comments on: Tablet PCs: Why SMEs are crazy about them

By: Michael

Tue, 30 Jul 2013 00:03:09 +0000

Justin, that’s my sentiment too.

I have always thought that when business industry adopts the tablet and smartphone ( at industry-wide level, not just at small businesses ), for use in the daily business transactions ( for eg like they use the PC for a Point of Sale checkout, etc ) the smartphone and tablet will have entered a new phase.

I think at present, in spite of the advantages ably cited in the post, it is still a “consumption” device ( to borrow your term ).

But the advantages cited in post, are a key indicator to industry what they are missing.

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By: Justin Beausoleil

Sun, 28 Jul 2013 10:49:06 +0000

For me the tablet is still more of a consumption device but I do find myself doing a lot more than consuming content on my iPad these days. With apps like photoshop, pages, numbers and keynote I can get real work done but I still tend to go for my laptop when I need to get something done fast. This is the problem that Microsoft tried to solve with their surface tablets but they still have a long way to go. In the mean time I will still be using both my ipad and laptop to accomplish various tasks. At this point, it’s not an either/or situation.

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