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'665 Million Tablets In Use By 2016, Over 45% Of Them iPad Devices'

We had spotted multiple tablet stats and ipad stats before. We spotted this today:

"The age of the tablet is definitely upon us: figures out today from Gartner forecast that by the end of 2016 there will 665 million media tablets in use worldwide — a counterpoint to the sluggish sales we have seen in PCs in the last couple of years. This year, Gartner says there will be sales of 118.9 million tablets, growth of nearly 100 percent on a year ago."

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