Gartner: 2012 sales of tablet double

Analyst firm Gartner forecast level of sales amounted to tablets this year. According to these data, in 2012, will be sold 118.9 million units of this type. This is 98% (ie, almost twice) than were sold in 2011. Then, according to Gartner, shipments totaled 60 million tablets. Analysts believe that Apple iPad will continue to lead the market in tablets and this year, taking 61.4% of world sales. In turn, 31.9% of tablets in 2012 to work on the base operating system, Android, and 4.1% - a OS from Microsoft. According to experts, the emergence of a more suited for touch platform Windows 8 will increase the market share of such plates, and in 2016 they will have 11.8%. In general, these models are suitable for the business segment. In 2016 the world will be sold 369.2 million tablets, said Gartner, of which 169.6 million 137.6 million iPad and devices based on Android.