Five Tablet Computer Myths, Busted Open

15.04.2011

Additionally, 61 percent consider their tablet to be a newspaper replacement, using their tablets for "reading the news." Maybe .

4. Gaming Doesn't Work on a Tablet

Tablet owners clearly disagree that gaming sucks on a tablet. Eighty-four percent of respondents to AdMob's survey said they used their tablet to play games. That's pretty amazing, considering the iPad dominates the market right now and doesn't even have a Flash plug-in. In other words, the 84 percent aren't even playing Flash games on sites like Facebook. If they're playing games then these are almost certainly ones they've purchased from the app store. And this means the killer app on a tablet is clearly Angry Birds, if the App Store top seller charts are anything to go by.

In summary, not only is the tablet a genuine gaming platform, but it's also commercially sound. Who'd thought it?

5. Tablets Are Killing the PC