iPad frenzy

I own an iPad, an Acer netbook, a desktop. My son has an Asus notebook, Asus transformer running ice cream sandwich (I love such names; they are very interesting). We have Linux running in some partitions and virtual machines.

I am watching with amusement the media frenzy on the impending announcement of iPad3. I simply don't understand this. There are interesting battle between Apple fanboys, Linux fanboys and windows fanboys.

As a person who have been using all such platforms, I'm terribly amused.

I have been following magazine stories and blog posts regarding the use of tablets in business contexts. I still think their use is slightly far off in Indian context.

Can tablets replace laptops and desktops? I don't think so. The devices are mostly for different use. Their use for whipping up a presentation, doing a complicated budget projection with input from many sources, creating a document for the board meeting, accessing the age-old applications the companies had already invested in are quite limited.

They are fancy gadgets to show off, making heads turn when you open it up and an instigator in social conversation.

Only time will tell.