If the fate of the tablet market has been unsure this last year, it’s becoming clear that it will be one of the major evolutions in personal computing of the next decade. According to a market research report issued today by In-Stat, the 50-million-unit sales mark will be reached by 2014. The Rise Of The Internet Tablet: The Keys To Success, claims these sales levels will come in addition to those of smartphones and netbooks.
“Tablets have quickly become a high priority for competitors across the value chain, including mobile operators,” said Jim McGregor, an In-Stat analyst. “Even more important, is that the opportunity in tablets is complementary to other mobile devices, particularly smartphones and netbooks.”
This rise in demand brought on by the revealing of the Apple iPad has already began to show. The number of tablet computer purchases increased threefold since the announcement of the device on January 28.
