Cisco has announced that its Cius tablet device will be available in March. The Cius is smaller than the iPad, with a 7" screen, but will include some business-oriented features that the iPad does not have, like integration with Cisco's very expensive TelePresence videoconferencing system. Cisco's TelePresence is popular with Fortune 500 companies, which have the cash to equip their conference rooms with the system, and the ability for someone in the field to use the Cius to join a videoconference will get some companies on board with the product. The Cius will also have built in support for Cisco's WebEx conferencing tools, although any pad device with a browser could also use Webex. The Cius will probably have a WebEx app, which should provide a better user experience.
What does all this mean? It means more people needed more bandwidth from outside traditional office locations: think home, car, coffee shop, the deli. Communities that have a plan to make high performance, affordable broadband widely available in homes and business districts are going to be seen as very desirable places to live and to work.