iPad vs Tablets
With 2 million sales as at the end of May, and continued high levels of interest in acquiring the new Apple device from consumers in the major markets, the iPad is now set to claim the title of the world’s most favourite ‘tablet’ device. In the face of announcements and fizzled product launches from the major PC makers, backed by Microsoft and Google, the iPad’s runaway success has elevated it to the level of ‘knock out’ champion. The public has embraced the iPad and businesses are eagerly following suit from latest reports.
We predict that there will be a number of ‘slate or ‘tablet’ contenders for the rest of 2010, backed by the Android OS as well as various attempts from Windows OS based devices; our end of year prediction is even less generous that the one we made back in May on this site- then we predicted a 6% market share for all other devices in the ‘tablet’ market.