We’ve been seeing tablets on the market since the iPad but is hasn’t been until this year that Apple is seeing some real competition. Seeing this we expect nothing but growth from this category and if you want to gauge how well a segment is moving you turn to display metrics. Corning, maker of various display technologies including gorilla glass has released some numbers on tablet sales in 2010 and their projects for the next few years.
Corning expects the number of tablets using cover glass to quadruple over the next four years. Total tablet sales are estimated to leap from 20 million units (2010) to 180 million units in 2014. An 800% increase over the next four years. Tablet PCs are already the driving force for growth in the PC industry. 7.33 million iPads sold in Q4 of 2010, and the market doesn’t appear to be slowing down.
Via All Things D
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