When Fox News introduced gigantic touch-screen tablets in its newsroom in 2013, they became objects of derision. Today, the move looks oddly prescient.
Gigantic touch-screen devices are sneaking into business, both as tools for customers and to get serious work done. No one has named them yet, so I’ll suggest three: Gigantopad. Megatablet. Ginormablet.
The devices—anything bigger than 13 inches, the size of an iPad Pro—are interesting for several reasons. First is the diversity of their uses, from the bowels of cruise ships to your local McDonald’s . The second is that, unlike tablets and other mobile touch-screen devices, no one owns this category yet.