[Spittie]

I own a Nexus 7 (2012), which sadly doesn't have HDMI output, otherwise I would happily use it.

I could use it to easily watch movies/shows on my TV, without having to resort to a computer (not everyone has an HTPC behind their TV, and a tablet is way easier to move than a laptop/desktop).

I could just fire up an emulator (emulations on mobile devices is great those days, you can emulate pretty much every console older than the psx), connect a wireless/Bluetooth controller to it, and use it as a nice, portable "retro"-console.

Returning on your article, I totally agree with your last point. Because chocolate ice cream sell better, it doesn't mean that vanilla ice cream is losing the "ice cream war".

[koffiezet]

On an iPad you don't need HDMI, you have airplay. Sure you need an extra $99 device, but no fiddling with cables, fixed cabling for my TV setup. That's FAR superior to any HDMI connection on any tablet. I do have a 30pin -> HDMI convertor for my iPad2, but ended up never using it because of the cable mess. And with Apple's weird pricing, an AppleTV wasn't that much more expensive than the HDMI connector for the iPad...

Btw - there are also emulators for iOS which work with BlueTooth controllers (see http://www.thinkgeek.com/product/e762/ )