How do YOU use your tablet? Gaming? Productivity?

[sweenish]

My tablet (Nexus 7 2013) gets great use at church for teaching from and reading. I also read books and play games on it. Serious document creation still happens on a real computer, but the tablet is great for referencing that document on the go.

I'd put it in the toy / supplement category. It replaces very little, but fills those roles very well.

 

[trmiv]

I use my ipad for watching Amazon Prime video, and playing a few games. Not something I would have spent money on, but I got it for free so for that price, it's great!

 

[corkyg]

Used it initially as a very portable laptop replacement when travelling. After getting two credit cards compromised in one day, I stopped using it and went back to laptop which is more secure. Wi-Fi is very insecure.

 

[pcslookout]

Used it initially as a very portable laptop replacement when travelling. After getting two credit cards compromised in one day, I stopped using it and went back to laptop which is more secure. Wi-Fi is very insecure.

Public Wi-Fi in general is insecure.

If you really want to use public Wi-Fi always use a VPN.

 

[sgrinavi]

iPad Mini - mostly for the interval timer & music player for doing my classes at the gym - pretty much lives in my gym bag.

Nexus 7 - Mostly reading news, sits by my desk for a calculator, play a game or two- watch Netflix once in a while

Just picked up a Surface Pro 2 /128 that I hope to use for mail, spread sheets and light CAD work

 

[Commodus]

I use mine (an iPad Air) for winding down at the end of the day, and for all those little tasks that wouldn't be as convenient on a desktop: checking the news and weather when I get up in the morning, controlling my Sonos audio system, playing videos on my Apple TV.

You can use a tablet for productivity -- yes, that includes the iPad -- but I think one of Microsoft's biggest missteps with the Surface (and really, Windows 8 tablets in general) was presuming that people would gravitate towards them because they had a few stronger productivity tools. No, Microsoft. Many people buy tablets to get away from work, and those that truly need a productivity machine probably don't need it in tablet form.

 

[vbuggy]

• Crestron remote + ad hoc browsing at home when tablet at hand, in-bath entertainment (iPad)
• General mobile productivity + 'second screen' side reference (Windows 8 non-RT tablet)

No games - I don't play casual ones really, my gaming time's reserved for PC.

Can't read for a long time on any tablet (or indeed most laptops) - the power saving rolling flicker ends up killing my eyes (if scaled retina doesn't end up doing that even faster on Apple POSs). I'd love an A4-format high-res e-reader, but I'm hoping in vain of course.

No music/videos either (unless again we're talking a remote), apart from aforementioned in-bath watchage. I have decent TV(s) which makes supporting / propping up a tablet a pointless proposition - and while on the move I usually have other things I like doing (like posting on forums). And 100% of my mobile music consumption is on phones.

Everything else I do still needs to be, or is best done on a best-of-class laptop or desktop.

 

[zerogear]

I dropped all the mobile OS based tablets and have a Surface Pro 2 -- best tablet I've ever used that actually lets me do work as well as consumption content.

 

[jacktesterson]

Pretty much everything I do on the web (aka browsing and apps) is done via my tablet.

 

[ponyo]

I use my tablets for web browsing and mobile TV. XBMC and HD Homerun Dual can convert any 4.3 or lower android tablet into mobile TV.

I don't really game on my phone or tablets.

 

[Bateluer]

Reading and fitness videos. Very light web browsing, usually when I want to look up something for a game without having to alt-tab out of a game. Since 99.999% of mobile games are all junk, there's not a single game installed on either of my tablets.

 

[Torn Mind]

Used it initially as a very portable laptop replacement when travelling. After getting two credit cards compromised in one day, I stopped using it and went back to laptop which is more secure. Wi-Fi is very insecure.

Packet sniffers don't care whether it is a tablet or laptop that you are sending your credit card information through. If the connection is unsecured WiFi, you're putting yourself at risk regardless of the type of computer used.

 

[Torn Mind]

I use the Nexus 7 2012 for:
Online banking
Google Maps
Calculator
Quick note taker when laptop is inconvinient.
Google Voice
RDP client at times, but it isn't anything hardcore
ssh client - not optimal and less efficient than via putty, etc on Windows or simply using Linux, but I have the option.

Gas Guru app is nice.

Other "deals" apps.

Grocery store checking.

Email

Web browsing, although it is just as fast as a laptop with an HDD and ULV CPU.

Some videos, although I hate the flash auto stop.

An inconvenient picture taker.

Trying to find a keyboard I can love and a proper GPS app that is convoluted to use.

When I find a use for it, Where's my Droid might become useful as well.

Reading probably something I could employ the Nexus to do as well, but I haven't done any reading on it yet.

Haven't done any gaming on it yet.

Given that I got it for $130 as a refurb, it is quite useful as a supplementary device, but certainly won't be replacing any PC, laptop or desktop, especially since it soft bricked itself. Curing a soft-bricked Android tablet requires a PC.