I made the system I am using sound quite nice, I forgot to mention the down side - if I cannot get cell phone service, the I am severely crippled. In the even that they main server at city hall goes down, once again, I am in the dark. I have to get out the pen and paper and then do all of the data entry later when I have access again. One day, the cable company messed something up and killed internet access in a small area of the city. City Hall happens to be in this area. Because my connection is internet based, I was unable to do anything with my tablet for 2 days (until the cable company fix the problem).
As nice as computers are, just remember that there are limitations. Inspections actually take longer with it than they did with the old pen and paper concept. At the same time, I spend significantly less time sitting at my desk doing paperwork. Overall, the cencept of a tablet works for me, but it may not work for someone else.