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Forecasting the tablet market: over 377 million units by 2016

Summary:

Tablets represent the next evolution in the advancement of mobile computing. This report summarizes the current state of that market and provides a detailed five-year forecast of estimated sales by vendor, operating system platform, region, form factor, embedded wireless and consumer vs. enterprise. The tablet market is forecast to be slightly over 377 million units by 2016. Android is expected to have the overall leading market share, but Apple is expected to continue to lead the share by vendor.

  1. Table of contents
  2. Executive summary
  3. Methodology
  4. Introduction
  5. The technology
  6. Operating systems
  7. Applications
  8. Manufacturers
  9. Five-year tablet forecast
  10. Five-year global forecast
    1. By OS platform
    2. By region
    3. By form factor
    4. By embedded wireless
    5. By consumer vs. enterprise
  11. Final comments
  12. About J. Gerry Purdy
  13. About GigaOM Pro
  14. Further reading

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