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Gartner Says Worldwide Media Tablet Sales on Pace to Reach 19.5 Million Units in 2010

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  • Mon 01 Nov 2010, 09 PM  
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  • Over the last decade, CIOs have frequently seen IT budgets held tight or even reduced. The reaction has been to still deliver quality of service for operational services and to use any potential project spend to deliver new functionality to the rest of the business

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  • Gartner analysts expect very limited cannibalization on communication devices based on open OS (smartphones
  • Gartner analysts said the impact of media tablets on other devices will vary among segments
  • Since these workers usually also have smartphones, media tablets become their third device

  • Gartner analysts said the impact of media tablets on other devices will vary among segments. Low-end consumer notebooks will only marginally suffer from cannibalization. Gartner analysts expect very limited cannibalization on communication devices based on open OS (smartphones). The majority of the impact will be from 7-inch media tablets on high-end smartphones as it will be hard for a user to justify owning both when the differentiation in usage model is very limited. Users buying a 7-inch tablet 
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