If you’re asked me earlier this year whether or not a tablet computer (iPad, Android, etc) could really replace a laptop or ultrabook as a productivity tool I would have said no. Working at Korrio I was convinced that tablets and phones were for creating small objects (calendar events, emails, texts, photos) they were far better consumption devices. Advanced users would need so many complex functions that it would be impractical. All the usual excuses — tablets have limited screen real estate, tablets are hampered by their one app at a time window model, tablets lack local storage, easy printing, etc — rolled off my tongue again and again. Now I realize how wrong I was.
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