This report forecasts and analyzes the worldwide media tablet market by region. It includes shipment, revenue, and ASP data for the 2011–2015 forecast period, as well as segmentation by consumer versus commercial adoption, WiFi-only versus 3G/4G support, and operating system. Media tablets, as exemplified by Apple's iPad, are tablet form factor devices that are considered separately from tablet PCs.

Companies Covered:
Amazon, Inc., Amazon.com, LLC, Amazon.com.dedc, LLC., Apple Inc., Barnes & Noble, Inc., Google Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Microsoft Corporation, NVIDIA Corporation, Samsung C&T, Toshiba Corporation

TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. In This Forecast Update

Methodology

Situation Overview

Figure: Worldwide Media Tablet Shipment Share by Vendor, 2010

Figure: Worldwide Media Tablet Shipment Share by Vendor, 1Q11–3Q11

Figure: U.S. Media Tablet Shipment Share by Vendor, 2010

Figure: U.S. Media Tablet Shipment Share by Vendor, 1Q11–3Q11

2. Future Outlook

Forecast and Assumptions

Table: Top 3 Assumptions for the Worldwide and U.S. Media Tablet Market, 2011–2015

Table: Key Forecast Assumptions for the Worldwide and U.S. Media Tablet Market, 2011–2015

Figure: Worldwide Media Tablet Shipments, 2010–2015

Table: Worldwide Media Tablet Shipments, 2010–2015

Figure: Worldwide Consumer and Commercial Media Tablet Shipments, 2010–2015

Table: Worldwide Consumer and Commercial Media Tablet Shipments, 2010–2015 (M)

Figure: Worldwide Media Tablet Shipments by Operating System, 2010–2015

Table: Worldwide Media Tablet Shipments by Operating System, 2010–2015 (M)

Figure: Worldwide Media Tablet Shipments by Connectivity Technology, 2010–2015

Table: Worldwide Media Tablet Shipments by Connectivity Technology, 2010–2015 (M)

Figure: Worldwide Media Tablet Shipments by Region, 2010–2015

Figure: Worldwide Media Tablet Revenue by Region, 2010–2015

Figure: Worldwide Media Tablet ASPs by Region, 2010–2015

Table: Worldwide Media Tablet Shipments by Region, 2010–2015 (M)

Table: Worldwide Media Tablet Revenue by Region, 2010–2015 ($M)

Table: Worldwide Media Tablet ASPs by Region, 2010–2015 ($)

U.S. Forecast

Figure: U.S. Consumer and Commercial Media Tablet Shipments, 2010–2015

Table: U.S. Consumer and Commercial Media Tablet Shipments, 2010–2015 (M)

Figure: U.S. Media Tablet Shipments by Operating System, 2010–2015

Table: U.S. Media Tablet Shipments by Operating System, 2010–2015 (M)

Figure: U.S. Media Tablet Shipments by Connectivity Technology, 2010–2015

Table: U.S. Media Tablet Shipments by Connectivity Technology, 2010–2015 (M)

Market Context

Table: Worldwide Media Tablet Shipments, 2010–2015: Comparison of October 2011 and December 2011 Forecasts (M)

Figure: Worldwide Media Tablet Shipments, 2010–2015: Comparison of October 2011 and December 2011 Forecasts

3. Essential Guidance