Android Has Taken 20% of Tablet Market Share from iPad

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via Tech News on 8/11/11

A recent report completed by ABI research notes that Android has taken 20% of the worldwide tablet market share from Apple's iPad in the last 12 months.

However, it's also been indicated that even with this surge, no single vendor using Android has been able to "mount a significant challenge against" the iPad. The same can be said about any other tablet operating system.

"Many vendors have introduced media tablets, but none are separating themselves from the pack to pose a serious threat to Apple," says Jeff Orr, Mobile Devices Group Director for ABI Research. "In fact, most have introduced products at prices higher than similarly-configured iPads. Apple, never a company to be waiting for others, has introduced its second-generation iPad media tablet while keeping product pricing unchanged."

Additionally, it's being suggested that fragmentation within operating system software is hurting the growth of the tablet category, and that application developers need to choose an initial software platform, but may delay creating such things if it feels as if the market potential is not significant.

Regardless, the report shows that the tablet market is in growth mode, as it notes that annual worldwide tablet shipments are expected to top 120 million units in 2015.