iPad Takes 87% Of Global Tablet Market

A new report says the worldwide tablet computer market grew by 45% in the third quarter of last year - and the iPad accounted for a whopping 87% of the market.

There was no other tablet even chipping away at Apple's gigantic foothold.

The report from research analysts IDC says 4.8-million tablets were shipped globally in those three months - 4.2-million of them Apple iPads.

But the next set of figures will be interesting.  Other tablets came ointo the market in the fourth quarter of last year - notably the Samsung Galaxy Tab.

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