New projections for sales of Apple iPad
Now, when it became clear what constitutes a tablet computer Apple iPad, analysts of all stripes are trying to predict how many devices can be implemented in the coming years, and who will be the main buyer iPad. We have already published excerpts from the forecasts ABI Research, which showed that in the current year, the Tablet PC market will increase to 4 million and by 2015 its capacity could grow to 57 million units. IDC Forecasts say that this year Apple will sell 4 to 5 million copies of the iPad.
His contribution to the construction of forecasts about the future of Apple iPad makes and analyst firm Needham & Company, as the site reports Apple Insider. According to this source, this year Apple will sell no more than 2 million copies of the iPad, with half of buyers will be borrowed from Apple iPod Touch. The next year, Apple may have implemented six million iPad, but this relatively new device for the surge of interest in him looking for a boost. For iPhone it was opening shop applications Apple App Store, for the iPod – the opening music store iTunes Store.
On what kind of content will be based iPad, not yet entirely clear. A new area of business for Apple, of course, will be the dissemination of electronic publications. Contracts with major publishers have already been concluded, analysts are predicting as a manifestation of interest in the iPad by medical and educational institutions. The first tablet is useful for storing information about patients, the second – to work with the electronic versions of textbooks. To win the hearts of business users will be more difficult, but they are interested in novelty.
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