With the successful release of the iPad in 2010, Apple has opened up a whole new market for tablets. As a convenient cross between smartphones and laptops, tablets are now providing the everyday consumer with new possibilities for mobile computing. With industry analysts touting 2011 as the year of the tablet, this article examines the tablet's value proposition and provides an outlook on where this industry is headed for the coming year. (Published from the January 2011 Issue of The Insider, the official student publication of the Schulich School of Business)