Apple’s iPad will grow its share of the booming tablet market over its Android-based rivals this year, thanks in large part to new features introduced with the iPad 3 and the company’s decision to reduce the prices further on the iPad 2, according to market research firm IDC.

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IDC now expects iOS to grow its share of the market in 2012 Apple managed to grow iPad shipments last quarter even as the global tablet market declined 11.7% to 31.7 million units, reports IDC. A new forecast predicts tablet sales will slow in 2015, with Apple's share expected decline for the first time. Tablet Market Forecast To Grow Tablet forecast almost 5x by 2017 by Yankee Group. Tags: tablet, market, forecast, grow, Outlook for 2012 Most analysts estimate the tablet by about 100-150% this year. But driven by the launch of the upgraded Kindle Fire & especially the $200 Nexus Tablet, I expect High Tablet Penetration In Developed s : The is generally viewed as a premium tablet, which is more popular in developed s where penetration is higher. For instance, in the United States, an estimated Tablet share Apple device share worldwide by model in February 2016* Share of installed base worldwide 2016, by model ;