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Apple iPad Driving New Interest in Tablet PCs, Says Report |
Thanks to Apple’s iPad, ABI Research expects the media tablet market to hit 4 million units by year’s end and to climb to an annual 57 million units by 2015. In addition to Apple, HP, Dell, Google, Lenovo and several lesser-known vendors are all looking to benefit.
Apple iPad Driving New Interest in Tablet PCs, Says ReportBy: Michelle Maisto
2010-02-03With Apple’s Jan. 27 introduction of the Apple iPad, the iPhone maker revived an industry, ABI Research said in a Feb. 2 report, predicting that four million media tablets will ship this year. By 2015, the researcher expects that figure to swell to 57 million units annually.
“Apple’s iPad is not the first media tablet, but it does help define this new device category,” Jeff Orr, an analyst with ABI Research, said in a statement. Read more: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Apple-iPad-Driving-New-Interest-in-Tablet-PCs-Says-Report-403808/?kc=rss
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