The Rise of the Tablet PC

Tablet PC's, IPad's and similar devices are hot and getting hotter in today's fast paced techno society. But will they survive? Tablet PC's are a natural progression in the trend to make things smaller but in getting this small are they compromising too much on practicality? Could they replace the laptop? I think not. The laptop is a marvel of electronics that continues to evolve in its own right in spite of the glut of new gadgets in the market. Why is this? Well firstly, with a pc or laptop, the user isn't confined to the App market for everything they want to do. The software market is much older and more matured and so the choice of applications is more professional and more widespread. Ok, so in media terms, watching videos, listening to music, surfing the web etc, the tablet PC rivals...

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