One day, I sat down with a paper tablet and made a list of every single thing I dislike, disdain or discard about standard conferences.

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After some doodling in Photoshop we found the same surface that was too rubbery for our fingers to be slightly too slippery for the stylus, lacking the advertised "paper-like tablet surface" as found on the original Bamboo.

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His true passion however, lies in pencil and paper, and a tablet computer.

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's decision to shed its Time Inc. magazine unit last week underscores the challenges facing an industry that remains wedded to glossy paper even as the use of tablet computers, e-readers and smartphones explodes.

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And I do fantasize about filing my blogs from some Windows 8 lap-tablet while on some deserted beach, sipping a fruity cocktail with a little paper umbrella in it.

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"As soon as I switched to a tablet PC, that eliminated the need to be walking around with a pad of paper to meetings, " said Gutsche.

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Why is it that you can seamlessly share, send and collect information between your smartphone, tablet computer, and laptop, and yet you have to fill out the same paper forms every time you visit a new doctor.

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Instead of grabbing your morning paper off the front porch, you likely get your preferred content on your tablet or phone these days.

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