Not exact matches
Apple's iOS continues to be the dominant media
tablet operating system (OS), as it is projected to account for 61.4 percent of
worldwide media
tablet sales to end users
in 2012 (see Table 1).
Forrester predicts
tablets will exceed a
worldwide installed base of 905 million
in five years» time, with annual projected
sales of 381.23 million
in 2017.
Not that Apple's clout is diminishing — the company just reported record
sales of the iPad that is not only far better than all other
tablets put together but also safely eclipses the total
worldwide PC
sales of some of the biggest names
in the computing industry — but its that the courts may finally be waking up to the fact that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is as much iPad looking than most other
tablets currently available
in the market.
Despite record
sales of Apple's iPad, the Android platform had a record 39 % share of the 26.8 million
tablet units sold
worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2011, according to a new report from Strategy Analytics.
Gartner now believes the Apple iPad will account for 3 out of 4 (73.4 %) of
worldwide media
tablet sales in 2011, down from 83 percent share
in 2010.
A report by research firm IDC said
tablet sales worldwide are likely to slip 5.9 percent this year to 195 million units, following a drop of 10 percent
in 2015.
Amongst the vendors that have a less than 6 percent share of the
worldwide tablet market, Lenovo did particularly well
in 2013 with
tablet sales growing 198 percent.