Tablets: Who still needs them? Experts describe the ideal tablet user

With smartphones and laptops increasingly serving the middle ground taken by tablets, the question comes whether such devices have a useful niche anymore? — dpa

Smartphones are bigger and more powerful than ever, while laptops are becoming thinner and more flexible. Does the tablet still serve a purpose between these two devices?

Industry expert Sebastian Kloess thinks it does. “The strength of the tablet is clearly the large screen, yet it’s also compact and light,” says Kloess, from the German IT association Bitkom.