When tablets originally came into the market I was taking a Information systems 201. In class we debated whether or not tablets were a disruptive technology or a sustaining technology. A disruptive technology being a new way of doing this that initially does not meet the needs of existing customers. The class was torn. Over the last few years applications have started to take a hold of the tablet concept. These apps started to preform activities that personal computers currently preform. Thus disrupting the current PC market. Consumers who use their personal computers for simplistic need have found the tablets are able to preform these same functions while being extremely portable and easy to use. Tablets are taking markets shares from the personal computers whose profit has been relatively low compared to the computer profit pool and turning a much higher profit through these devices.
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