{"id":1695,"date":"2013-07-26T07:05:01","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T14:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2013-07-26T08:18:05","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T15:18:05","slug":"tablet-sales-growth-falling-as-people-discover-things-you-cant-do-with-a-tablet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/tablet-sales-growth-falling-as-people-discover-things-you-cant-do-with-a-tablet\/","title":{"rendered":"Tablet sales slowing as people discover things you can&#8217;t do with a tablet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/samsung-galaxy-tab-and-ipad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-954 alignright\" style=\"margin: 10px;\" alt=\"iPad &amp; Samsung Galaxy Tab\" src=\"http:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/samsung-galaxy-tab-and-ipad.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"119\" align=\"right\" srcset=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/samsung-galaxy-tab-and-ipad.jpg 180w, https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/samsung-galaxy-tab-and-ipad-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a>Sales of the iPad and Android-based tablet computers have skyrocketed in the past few years. People have discovered that tablets can be a handy secondary computing device, but they still can&#8217;t completely replace their desktop or laptop computer. Below are some of the things that you cannot do with a tablet and other drawbacks.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Typing and navigating around a touch-screen device can be challenging compared to the precision of a keyboard and mouse.\u00a0A physical keyboard is only available as an extra stand-alone item, and there is no mouse pointing-device available.<\/li>\n<li>Some websites do not display properly (or at all) on a tablet&#8217;s web browser. Websites that require Flash Player, Java or other browser plugins will not work.<\/li>\n<li>Printing is available on some devices but limited to basic settings, and forget about printing decent quality pictures.<\/li>\n<li>There&#8217;s no Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint) yet, however Apple&#8217;s productivity apps and Google Drive are good alternatives if you don&#8217;t mind the learning curve.<\/li>\n<li>Tablets do not have a CD\/DVD player, nor a way to transfer files from a USB flash drive or external hard drive.<\/li>\n<li>You cannot view more than one app at the same time on a tablet screen.<\/li>\n<li>The hardware and battery are not user replaceable. For the most part if your tablet breaks, you have to buy a new one rather than repair it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More reading:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Click here to read the article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.macworld.com\/article\/2028968\/why-the-ipad-still-cant-be-a-true-mac-replacement.html\" target=\"_blank\">Why the iPad still can&#8217;t be a true PC replacement<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Click here to read the article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.informationweek.com\/personal-tech\/tablets\/8-things-tablets-still-cant-do\/232602971\" target=\"_blank\">8 Things Tablets Still Can&#8217;t Do<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Click here to read the article\" href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/ken-gruberman\/ipad-replace-a-computer_b_2012011.html\" target=\"_blank\">Can an iPad Really Replace a Computer?<\/a><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/tablet-sales-growth-falling-as-people-discover-things-you-cant-do-with-a-tablet\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print This Article\" title=\"Print This Article\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/tablet-sales-growth-falling-as-people-discover-things-you-cant-do-with-a-tablet\/print\/\" title=\"Print This Article\" rel=\"nofollow\">Print This Article<\/a>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sales of the iPad and Android-based tablet computers have skyrocketed in the past few years. People have discovered that tablets can be a handy secondary computing device, but they still can&#8217;t completely replace their desktop or laptop computer. Below are some of the things that you cannot do with a tablet and other drawbacks. Typing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1695"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1702,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1695\/revisions\/1702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/computertechsreno.com\/tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}