En Giga OM hablan del efecto devastador del iPad sobre la experiencia de usuario: Browsing the web on an iPad stinks (and Apple likes it that way):
Surfing the web is far less pleasurable on an iPad. Visiting a site frequently presents one with a pop-up and a dilemma: Download the app, or endure the diminished experience of a website designed for another device. Safari is essentially a limited version of its desktop sibling and apps almost always provide a better experience. (Or, as Firefox UX Lead Alex Limi has summed it up, its kind of sucky.)
Of course, this is sort of the point. Its in Apples, or any tablet makers, best interest to make using (read: buying) apps preferable to visiting websites. Safari is designed to make using web-based apps on an iPad inconvenient, if not impossible. In response, most companies focus their mobile development resources on creating native apps rather than optimizing their content for tablet browsers. The result is a browsing experience full of flow-breakers. In short, on a computer the browsing experience is limitless; on a tablet, its filled with blind alleys and false doors.
Aquí hace ya más de un año que dimos nombre al conjunto de fenómenos relacionados con esto (incluye otras cosas no menos relevantes como la voluntad de seguir como hasta ahora, de correr en dirección contraria a la desintermediación y la adquisición de autonomía, para migrar a lo digital sin cuestionarse el viejo modelo de consumo de información): tabletización.


