Tablet…Don’t Leave Home without It

The ReadWriteWeb’s Brian Proffitt gives us the results of a tablet user survey in Tablet Travelers Still Pulling Content, Not Pushing Productivity.  Proffitt’s conclusion was that tablet owners are consistently taking their tablets when they leave their house because it is useful when “they just need to kill some time”.  Now the uses of the tablet are mostly searching online and checking e-mail.  Check social network sites, games, and music rounded out the survey responses.    Surprisingly, the responses did not specifically involve working.  

I have a tablet, conveniently it is what I get my internet connection through, it is an added bonus. Yay!  Although, I enjoy using my tablet it doesn’t let me do a lot.  When I open blackboard for school, it won’t let me type.  I would like to use be able to do more with it, but I’m sure that I would have to buy an app to do what I’m looking for.  Proffitt said that it seems like people could be doing the majority of this stuff on a smartphone.  So why would someone use a tablet instead of a smartphone?  Since I don’t have a smartphone (I know I live in the last century) I can’t answer that question.  If I did, I can’t imagine what use I would have for a tablet.  Just something to think about.