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iPad Dominates Tablet Market

Thinking of buying a tablet? Confused about which one to buy? The news is full of coverage about iPad losing its reign as tablet supreme, but the facts are that these stories are about the numbers of competing tablets that have been shipped not sold. Apple reports that as of June 2011, the company saw a 142 percent unit growth over the same quarter in 2010.

"(Apple) has shipped 28.7 million iPads since April of 2010 and 9.25 million iPads in the last quarter alone. Then, during the latest earnings call Apple reported that it had sold 'every iPad that it could make'. That means that Apple has sold easily over 30 million iPads by now." reports Matthew Panzarino, editor for TheNextWeb.com, "That means that Apple has sold ten times as many iPads as the three biggest competing devices combined have shipped, which we've already established is a very generous way to represent device success."

Tablets are not replacing the smartphone. According to a Nielson survey, hardly anyone stopped using their smartphone after purchasing a tablet, but 3% stopped using their desktop computers completely and 32% reported using them much less.

Apple's retail stores, with their expert sales staff and user friendly environment, helps to sell their product over the other retail outlets selling the competition. "First impressions are incredibly important, especially for a device that is defining a new class of product entirely." states Panzarino, " Apple's Retail Stores give customers a fantastic first impression of the iPad and continue to allow Apple to sell the iPad at better margins, without having to make deals that cut into its profit."

Panzarino offers these comparisons of the top 4 tablets. The iPad has a better operating system (OS) than most of the competition along with pleasing touch responsiveness. The Blackberry Playbook has great touch response but not a strong OS and does not have built-in email, one of the main draws of tablet users.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab is more powerful than the iPad and is lightweight, but the OS doesn't perform as well. "Most Android tablets still suffer from major frame rate drops during simple animations and a slightly laggy touch experience that leaves users swiping and stabbing at things more times than they should have to." writes Panzarino.

Based on what Apple has done with the iPod, Panzarino predicts that the iPad will dominate the tablet market for the better part of the next decade.

Read "Why the iPad has and Will Continue to Dominate the Tablet Market" on TheNextWeb.com

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