Almost 25% of U.S. adults own a tablet, survey finds

[froggyboy604]

Pew Research Center finds 22 percent of U.S. adults polled own a tablet, while another 3 percent regularly use someone else's. Low-cost tablets have helped the overall market grow and the iPad's dominance shrink.

Cheaper tablets propelled the growth of the tablet market in the last year, loosening Apple's grip as the king of the tablet world, according to a report released today from the Pew Research Center.
The report said 22 percent of all U.S. adults surveyed actually own a tablet while another 3 percent said they regularly use someone else's tablet for their browsing needs.

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I guest now that the original Kindle Fire is 160 dollars, and you can buy a cheap Android Tablet off of eBay, Amazon, or even Walmart for $60-99 there would be more people buying Tablets to use as cheap digital picture frames, portable video players, casual gaming, reading ebooks, and to use apps because Tablets can do most of the media consumption tasks like reading, pictures, video, and casual gaming which PC and laptops can do, but Tablets cost hundreds less, and are more mobile with better battery life in many cases.

 

[hissae2]

I don't have a tablet and don't plan to get one. Surprising that many people do.

 

[froggyboy604]

Maybe a lot of the people who own a Tablet, got it as a gift for Christmas, Birthday, Graduation, etc since buying gifts are hard for people who have most of the things they want, don't tell you what they want, or you don't know the person very well, and just got them a Tablet as a last minute gift, or they ask for tablet as a gift, or reward from a credit card company after spending a certain amount of money.

A lot of places also give away iPads and Tablets as a prize for lucky winners. I know a website called Techno Buffalo which gives away a Google Android Tablet every Tuesday for many weeks now, and a local Pizza place here also gives away iPads as prizes to lucky winners.