Boom in Tablet Market

Apple and other electronics makers will generate $49 billion in sales of tablet computers by 2015, amid booming demand for devices that bridge the gap between smartphones and laptops. The strategic trend here is for personal and mobile computing to shift away from keyboards to touchscreens. The tablet may surpass all other consumer electronic devices by sales, except for personal computers and TVs.

When tablet developers begin gearing devices more toward content creation than consumption, the market may easily extend beyond $49 billion. It can be assumed that at least for the next couple of years, Apple will be the leader. This is going to be a fast-growing market and there's going to be a lot of announcements over the next one-to-two years, but very few of them are actually going to survive in the long run.  While tablet prices will begin to decline in about two years, Apple's "aggressive" pricing leaves little room for rivals to cut prices significantly.