Tablets have become the minivans of the information superhighway—sensible mobile computing for affluent parents.
More than one-third of American adults now own a tablet computer, almost double the rate from a year ago, according to a report published Monday by the Pew Internet Center. In May 2010, only 3 percent owned a tablet. In popular imagination, early adopters tend to be young, hip males. But unlike smartphones, which young people embraced most quickly, tablets have become most popular among highly educated people in their thirties and forties. Half of Americans with children at home own tablets.
