Even by the most conservative of estimates, the iPad will make up the lion's share of
worldwide tablet sales for the next three to four years.
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).
According to technology research firm Gartner, the iPad will account
for 73 percent of
worldwide tablet sales of 63.6 million units this year and will remain the top - selling device over the next few years.
That announcement came as Pearson announced a claimed strong holiday
sales for its Kindle Fire HD, Kindle Fire, Kindle Paperwhite and Kindle
tablets, which held the top four spots on the Amazon
worldwide best seller charts during the period.
A good thing with the new
tablet is that we won't be kept waiting
for the new
tablet too long as it will go on
sale worldwide from March itself.
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.
While there will still be a need
for notebooks, Windows PCs and Macs, the increasing numbers of smartphones and
tablets sold and continued decline of
worldwide PC
sales support Apple's claim that mobile is where the next tech battleground is, even if Microsoft (MSFT) thinks otherwise.
According to the International Data Corporation, the
worldwide tablet market saw a 7 percent decline
for the second quarter year over year, with
tablet sales mostly being erratic over the past several quarters due to market saturation and tougher competition.