Topic: Tablet sales leap thanks to record iPad sales

[Simon]

Booming iPad sales have helped tablet sales skyrocket, but other firms are starting to see success too, analyst firms have reported.

IDC said tablet shipments were up 66% in the second quarter to 25 million globally, a jump from 15 million in the same quarter last year.

Much of the growth was down to Apple posting its best quarterly sales yet for the iPad, shipping 17 million - well above its previous record of 15.4 million in the last quarter of 2011.

However, other manufacturers are starting to see "solid growth", IDC said - that's without including sales of the Nexus 7, made by Google and Asus, which started shipping in the third quarter of the year.

Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/376216/tablet-sales-leap-thanks-to-record-ipad-sales

[Clive]

I'm still biding my time.   

[Simon]