Running around a conference and exhibition speaking to several companies a day, I would prefer to carry a tablet and enter notes directly than lug a heavy – power hungry – laptop around.
I also saw my first seven-inch ‘tablet’ – a form factor Steve Jobs reckons will be “dead on arrival,” but which I believe is simply being mis-sold.
Go back ten years and these units would be called Nokia Communicator. Like Nokia’s seminal device, the new breed of seven-inch tablets are too big to be an everyday, mass-market, device.
However, they are good for those who want additional functionality without the burden of more ‘weighty’ units with larger displays, but still need a degree of portability (the device I saw would fit easily in the inside pocket of your suit).