Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tim Bajarin covers the tech industry’s impact on PC and CE markets. Tablets are among the most versatile computers on the market.

Microsoft and others had at least years, if not more than a decade, to get tablet computers right — but then on January 27, 2010, Apple brought out the iPad and showed them how it should be done.

iPad sales declined overall, but Apple's tablet pretty much owns the market. Photo: Ed Hardy/Cult of Mac Consumer and business computer spending data for 2024’s first quarter shows iPad maintaining ...

Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday said it wants to put its chips in tablets, relenting after months of denying any interest in that market. Users will see AMD chips in tablets in a few years, said ...

Intel which has been known all along for its association with PC, Laptops and Netbooks is also foraying into the world of tablets, as the latest Tablet PC news so reports. At a conference call on ...

After reporting on the worldwide smartphone market, which saw a marginal 3% growth in Q3 2025, Omdia is now back with the tablet report. The global tablet market continued the upward momentum in Q3 ...

According to the latest data from Canalys, worldwide tablet shipments grew 5.6% year-on-year in quarter four (Q4) of 2024, reaching 39.9 million units. As usual, Apple’s iPad led the market. Apple ...

The Canalys research group predicts that that China’s PC (excluding tablets) market will rebound to 3% growth in 2024 and 10% growth in 2025, primarily fueled by refresh demand from the commercial ...

The Chinese tablet market is undergoing significant shifts, with domestic brands expanding their presence to collectively hold a 77% market share in the third quarter of 2025, up 5pp from the same ...

According to a recent report by CyberMedia Research (CMR) - India’s tablet market grew 25% in 2024. The growth was driven by demand for premium devices and 5G tablets. The CMR report highlights a ...