Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker

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Factsheet

IDC's Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker® fills the growing demand for detailed, timely, and accurate information on this new market for mobile connected devices. It provides insightful analysis, quarterly market share data, and a five-year forecast. The core of the product is a comprehensive Excel-based database tool detailing changes and trends in this market. Measurement for this tracker is in units, value, and ASP (end-user pricing).

Technology Coverage and Data Segmentation

This tracker provides total market size and vendor share for the following technology areas and segmentations. Measurement for this tracker is in units, value, and end-user ASP.

Product attributes covered:

Product category: Media tablet and ereader
CPU: ARM and x86
Operating system: Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Linux, webOS, Windows, and so forth
Connectivity: 3G, 4G, WiFi, WiFi/3G, and WiFi/4G
Screen size and resolution
Storage (GB)
Vendor
Distribution channels: Vendor store, direct, retail, etailer, telco channel, and other resellers channel
Customer segment: Consumer and commercial

Geographic Scope

Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) available by 14 countries
Canada
Central/Eastern Europe available by 10 countries
Japan
Latin America available by 8 countries
Middle East/Africa available by 8 countries
United States
Western Europe available by 16 countries

Forecast Coverage

Forecasts for this tracker are updated quarterly and include historical data from 1Q10, two years of quarterly forecasts, and an optional three years of annual market projections. Forecasts are available at the worldwide, regional, and country levels. Measurement for this tracker is in units, value, and ASP (end-user pricing).

Product category: Media tablet and ereader
Operating system: Android, BlackBerry OS, iOS, Linux, webOS, Windows, and so forth
Connectivity: 3G, 4G, WiFi, WiFi/3G, and WiFi/4G
Channel: Direct, etailers, retail, telco, vendor store, and so forth
Segment: Consumer and commercial

Delivery Schedule and Deliverables

This tracker is delivered on a quarterly basis with an Excel-based tool. The delivery schedule for this tracker is as follows:

Historical data: Week 7 after period closes
Forecast data: Week 9 after period closes