The popularity of the smartphone added insult to injury for the nation's daily newspapers; seen as a dying industry with the evolution of the internet, the smartphone allowed news junkies to carry direct news feeds with them wherever they went, making the newspaper old and obsolete. The tablet, with the same immediacy and mobility as a smartphone, but with an easier to read screen, would be another nail in the coffin of the daily newspaper...Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Googles-chief-economist-sees-tablets-as-profit-center-for-newspapers_id48029
