Tablets to Beat Desktop Sales

ACCORDING REPLACE SLIM LINE COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL 128 USE FORECAST END SAY LEISURE TECHNOLOGY CCS

   Tablet computers are set ___ beat bulky desktops for ___ first time this year, ___ to research. Millions are ___ their old-fashioned computers with ___, touchscreen gadgets.

   Sales of ___ such as Apple's iPad ___ Google’s Nexus are about ___ overtake the type of ___ that introduced the internet ___ the masses, said the ___ Data Corporation (IDC). The IDC said ___ million tablets were sold ___ year worldwide, an increase ___ nearly 80 per cent ___ 2011. The trend represents ___ rapid transformation in computer ___, just three years after ___ introduced the iPad. And ___ growth in sales is ___ to continue, meaning tablets ___ overtake desktops in months ___ outsell laptops by the ___ of next year.

   Experts ___ that computers are seen ___ a device for work, ___ tablets are preferred for ___ activities, such as surfing ___ web and watching videos. ___ researcher Martin Garner, from ___ Insight, said: “People are ___ the money they previously ___ to replace a PC ___ buy a tablet. In ___ long term, nearly every person will have their own tablet.”

   The battle for domination of the mobile and tablet market has become intense in the past 18 months, with Apple’s competitors taking it on with a series of new products. Nokia and Microsoft joined forces to launch two new phones which run on the Windows operating system. Apple registered figures for the Christmas period that showed its rocket-like growth had come to a standstill.

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