Tablet Market To Witness Unprecedented Growth

IHS iSuppli has indicated in a report that Media and PC Tablets would see growth from the present ‎‎17.4 million units as of 2010 to 242.3 million by 2015, that is by a factor of nearly twelve ‎times.

iPad, had started the wave, and Android devices provided the momentum. Over 80 tablets ‎were displayed at the CES. The third wave, expected in 2013, would see Windows based ‎tablets entering the traditional computer markets. ‎

The iPad, considered as a media tablet, would grow to 39.3 million units by 2015, up ‎from 2.3 million units in 2010, the report said. ‎The introduction of 4G technology and LTE pitching in, would herald the second wave ‎with Android OS based tablets holding the rein.‎ The possibility of Apple rolling out a MacOS tablet also cannot be ruled out. 2013 would ‎be a crucial period, with many OEMs churning out media based tablets using mobile ‎operating systems, and PC-type tablets empowered by the Windows OS. With a slew of ‎improvements with every release and newer models, the tablet/smart- phones market ‎would see a period of the ‘golden revolution’.‎