TechHive: Slight drop in tablet sales expected as wearables emerge

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Slight drop in tablet sales expected as wearables emerge Aug 31st 2013, 18:02, by Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Researcher IDC last week slightly lowered its tablet shipment forecast for 2013 and beyond, saying that competing technologies, including larger-sized smartphones, and futuristic wearable computing devices will steal some dollars that would have gone to tablets. In its revised predictions, IDC trimmed 2013 tablet shipment expectations by 1 percent from 229.3 million units to 227.4 million. The change also affected forecasts IDC has made for the years 2014-17. IDC said global tablet shipments in 2017 will almost reach 407 million, about 1 percent less than a May estimate of 410 million. IDC's projection for 2013, however, hinges on the tablet business having a bang-up back half of the year. To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Media files: tablets-collectio-100007395-small.jpg

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