My wife purchased her first tablet, an ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, on Black Friday. I purchased my first tablet, a Lenovo Ideapad K1, a few days later for the same price. In the matter of a week we went from living in a tablet-free home to each having a 10.1 inch Android tablet of our own. And, of course, we both know we have the better tablet. Spec by spec the machines are relatively similar: mine weighs more, has more internal memory (32MB vs 16MB), and slightly better battery life while hers offers a more touch sensitive screen and better overall reviews from the techie experts.
So What?
The Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism report The Tablet Revolution and the Future of News includes a snapshot comparison of current tablet users to the general public:
Based on those statistics, we were among the most likely to become tablet owners.
- Does your family have one or more tablet computers now or will you after the holidays?
- If not, how many of the categories over-represented by tablet users describe you?
- If so, when did you get your first tablet and how is it used most frequently?
- Given the projected increases in tablet ownership, how is your congregation leveraging this new technology in its ministries or designing communication with tablet readership in mind?