Asus , Lenovo, Intel and Nvidia are using CES to show off their latest tablet and PC innovations headed to store shelves later in 2013. But gadget makers would be better off focusing on slates rather than notebook PCs, one market research firm suggests.
Tablets in 2013 will become more popular than ever blowing past worldwide shipments of notebook PCs for the first time. Leading the tablet charge will be one-panel touch slates with 7- to 8-inch screen sizes. That's the bullish prediction from NPD DisplaySearch in its Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast report. The market research firm says that tablet shipments will reach 240 million units worldwide in 2013 followed by notebook PCs at 207 million units. The gadget predictors are also betting that by 2017 tablet shipments will account for nearly 75 percent of all tablet and notebook PC shipments combined.
NPD DisplaySearchNPD did not specify what it considered a tablet (what it calls tablet PCs) so it's not clear where new Windows 8 hybrid laptops and tablets with keyboard docks fit in to the forecast.
NPD's predictions feel bullish considering tablets in their current form have only been around since 2010, with the introduction of the original iPad. Compared to notebooks, slates are still maturing in terms of computing power and functionality for business and home use.
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