Tablet craze drives rise in smart device shipments: Gartner

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Reuters: Strong demand for tablets such as Apple’s iPad will help worldwide shipments of web-enabled devices rise in 2013, offsetting a decline in desktop and laptop computers, research company Gartner said on Monday. Combined shipments of computers, tablets and mobile phones will reach 2.32 billion units in 2013, a 4.5% increase on 2012, Gartner forecast. Shipments of tablets are expected to rise 53.4% to 184 million. Traditional desktop and laptop computers will continue to decline, with shipments forecast to total 303 million units, an 11.2% drop on 2012, the research group said. The mobile phone market will continue to experience steady growth, it said, with shipments projected to increase by 3.7% to more than 1.8 billion units, it said. Price competition is strongest for the smaller, 7-inch, tablets, Gartner said. “We expect this holiday season to be all about smaller tablets as even the long-term holiday favourite – the smartphone – loses its appeal,” said Carolina Milanesi, the firm’s Research Vice President.

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