Tablets are consumer devices (or devices for consuming information). When it comes to actually authoring something, you still have to fall back on PCs/Laptops to really accomplish work in an efficient/timely manner. However, because it is a great means to consume information, this is the reason why there is the hype. For example take an average Joe off the street, likely he's just an information consumer. And while this is not a fact, I have a feeling that only one in a thousand will actually be an author of content or applications.