What started with Kindle Fire is now the leading form factor in the tablet space. Yes, thanks to the booming small tablet market, Android is surging ahead at no. 1 spot in the tablet space too, with Apple losing marketshare and not growing along with the market. IDC had released its Smartphone marketshare analysis recently, which saw Apple growing at a slower pace than the others and that seems to be the case in tablets too. As you can see from the table above, Apple has actually lost 27% marketshare to other players like Samsung which is now at 18% of the market as opposed to just 7.6% last year. Apple has also shipped just 14.6 million iPads when compared to 17 million iPads the same time last year.Players like ASUS, Lenovo and Acer all have seen triple digit growth and there are no signs of slowing down which spells trouble for Apple. However, IDC analysts suggest that it is due to the lack of a launch from Apple in March that has led to the overall market slow down. With no new iPads, the market slowed for many vendors, and that's likely to continue into the third quarter. However, by the ...Source: http://www.fonearena.com/blog/77728/apple-loses-marketshare-as-android-tablet-sales-surge-idc.html
