News 84 per cent of tablet owners play games

Personally, I don't see how I would use a tablet myself, but I can see how they might be useful for some professional types...on occasion.

They're not good for writing long emails, articles or anything of length on though as the touch screen keyboard is difficult to use.

As for the games, at least it's allowing indie developers to boom thanks to things like the app store. Developing and publishing a game nowadays is easier than ever thanks to the App store.