In slide 45 of KPCB Internet Trends, we see the tablets shipments surpassed the PCs in quarter 4 2012, a robust growth gained within 3 years since its take-off. A recent USA article quoted research from IDC that the shipment of tablets is about to surpass PC by the end of this year, indicating that the growing trend of tablet adoption is steady and worth the attention of business to think seriously strategies on utilizing tablets for technical innovation. For example, for educational technology companies, focusing more on how interactive design elements could be implemented in e-learning platforms using both PC and tablet interface are crucial to improve customer experience. Though this may be costly in the past because of limited users confined by the costly tablets, now companies can afford to thinking more deeply how far they can go in this direction as more people are using tablets and the trend that tablet will catch with the sales of PC in the near future give them confidence to cultivate the market and take the risk.
Tablets to outsell PCs by year's end on USAToday.com: http://usat.ly/1eFNm38
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