Tablet sales soar as Blackberry boss predicts market's death

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22381037

I was in Marks and Sparks the other day and every department had an iPad.

We were looking for a Gilet (jacket) for my daughter and the assistant got the iPad and checked up for one on there.

They seem like a luxury to me rather than a necessity

They seem to have some good uses as you indicated.

Of course. But then many years a go a mobile phone was a luxury. Now we can't live without them.

I can, I hardly ever use mine.
PAYG and only use it and carry it at the request of my good lady who likes to keep tabs on me

Yep, I resisted but the positives outweighed the negatives.