At my house there are constantly three things on the coffee table: an Android smartphone, an iPad 2, and a Thinkpad. The iPad 2 was novel at first, but now everyone reaches for the Thinkpad first when they are sitting on the couch.
Also, (shameless plug) I wrote about my own experience without a phone here: http://codebrief.com/2011/06/living-untethered/, and came up with a similar conclusion.
At my house there are constantly three things on the coffee table: an Android smartphone, an iPad 2, and a Thinkpad. The iPad 2 was novel at first, but now everyone reaches for the Thinkpad first when they are sitting on the couch.
Also, (shameless plug) I wrote about my own experience without a phone here: http://codebrief.com/2011/06/living-untethered/, and came up with a similar conclusion.