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Tablets revisted

I wrote about tablets a while ago. At the moment I have a Surface pro 3, an iPad Air, a Nexus 7 and a Zenphone 2. The Zenphone isn't a tablet but it does have a 1080p 5.5 inch screen and, not so long ago, they were selling 5 inch tablets (anything portable without a screen was called a tablet!). I use it to check email, hangouts, normal phone activities like texts and phone calls as well as to play ingress. It does all that very well. It also has a second SIM slot so I can use it with an overseas SIM while travelling and still have my normal number. It is the best phone I have owned (so far)! The surface pro is a very recent acquisition and so far I am using it as an ultra portable with the keyboard attachment. The 12 inch screen is very nice, the keyboard is very usable although the touchpad would be a problem if the screen wasn't touchable! The biggest annoyance so far is that the  touchpad doesn't seem to have any way to do a middle mouse button click.  The ipad is

Is it the end of the world?

Just checking. I was folding some washing and when I had finished there were no socks left over. That can only happen if I have slipped into an alternate universe or some other cosmic event has occured. The world still appears to be the same. Maybe the spare sock monster took a day off?