According to the latest data from Gartner, the iPad will enjoy an unchallenged holiday shopping season this year. The report states that until the competition can get organized with regard to hardware, software and service, the tablet market belongs to Apple. Carolina Milanesi, Gartner analyst, believes that these three things give Apple the edge and "unless competitors can respond with a similar approach, challenges to Apple's position will be minimal."
Gartner's analysts also suggest that Android's high prices, weak user interface, and a scarcity of tablet apps don't help its position, either. The data group as posits that tablet sales will reach almost 64 million worldwide in 2011, which is a huge jump from the 18 million in 2010. By 2014, the report expects sales of 326 million units.
For 2011, Gartner estimates the iPad will make up 73 percent of those sales, which is down from 83 percent last year. Android is expected to make up 17 percent of this year's tablet sales, and the other platforms will own less than 5 percent of the market.
Via ZDNet
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