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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Android beats iOS to become the top os for tablets</td></tr>
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Google's Android has effectively overtaken Apple's iOS in terms of 
worldwide tablet sales. According to research conducted by<a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/googles-android-has-effectively.html" target="_blank"> Gartner </a>last 
month, Android tablets <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/googles-android-has-effectively.html" target="_blank">collectively dominated</a> the tablet market in 2013 with sales of 120.9 million units and a market share of 61.9 percent.<br />

Compared with the year 2012, when 53.3 million Android tablets were 
sold, 2013 witnessed a whopping 127 percent surge in worldwide sales of 
Android tablets. Over the same period, iPad sales grew to 70.4 million 
from 61.4 million.<br />

The dramatic boost in sales from several different<a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/googles-android-has-effectively.html" target="_blank"> manufacturers</a> had 
Android gaining the largest share in the tablet market. While Android's 
market share grew from 45.8 percent in 2012 to 61.9 percent in 2013, 
iOS's market share dropped from 52.8 percent to 36 <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/googles-android-has-effectively.html" target="_blank">percent </a>during the 
same period.<br />

<strong>Table 1: Worldwide Tablet Sales to End Users by Operating System, 2013 (Units)</strong><br />

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     <strong>Operating System</strong><br />

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     <strong>2013 Sales</strong></div>
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     <strong>2013 Market<br />
     Share (%)</strong></div>
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     <strong>2012 Sales</strong></div>
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     <strong>2012 Market<br />
     Share (%)</strong></div>
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     Android<br />

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    <div align="right">
     120,961,445</div>
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    <div align="right">
     61.9</div>
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    <div align="right">
     53,341,250</div>
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     45.8</div>
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     iOS<br />

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     70,400,159</div>
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     36.0</div>
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    <div align="right">
     61,465,632</div>
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     52.8</div>
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     Microsoft<br />

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     4,031,802</div>
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     2.1</div>
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   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     1,162,435</div>
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     1.0</div>
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     Others<br />

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     41,598</div>
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    <div align="right">
     <0.1</div>
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     379,000</div>
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     0.3</div>
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     <strong>Total</strong><br />

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     <strong>195,435,004</strong></div>
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    <div align="right">
     <strong>100.0</strong></div>
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    <div align="right">
     <strong>116,348,317</strong></div>
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    <div align="right">
     <strong>100.0</strong></div>
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 Source: Gartner (February 2014)</div>
Increased demand for low-cost tablets from <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/googles-android-has-effectively.html" target="_blank">off-brand</a> manufacturers 
especially in the emerging markets had a negative effect on Apple's 
market share. While overall tablet sales grew by 145 percent in emerging
 countries, the figure stood still at 31 percent in mature markets.<br />

The <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/googles-android-has-effectively.html" target="_blank">iPad</a> remains the most sought after tablet nonetheless and with that
 Apple retained its spot as the <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/googles-android-has-effectively.html" target="_blank">top tablet</a> maker, followed by Samsung, 
which reported 37.4 million in sales, and had a market share of 19.1 
percent. The South Korean company showed a <a href="http://askneed.blogspot.com/2014/03/googles-android-has-effectively.html" target="_blank">phenomenal</a> growth last year 
compared with 2012, when it sold just 8.5 million tablets.<br />

<strong>Table 2: </strong><strong>Worldwide Tablet Sales to End Users by Vendor, 2013 (Units)</strong><br />

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     <strong>Vendor</strong></div>
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     <strong>2013 Sales</strong></div>
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     <strong>2013 Market Share (%)</strong></div>
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     <strong>2012 Sales</strong></div>
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     <strong>2012 Market Share (%)</strong></div>
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     Apple</div>
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    <div align="right">
     70,400,159</div>
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    <div align="right">
     36.0</div>
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    <div align="right">
     61,465,632</div>
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    <div align="right">
     52.8</div>
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     Samsung</div>
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     37,411,921</div>
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    <div align="right">
     19.1</div>
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   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     8,583,146</div>
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   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     7.4</div>
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     ASUS</div>
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     11,039,156</div>
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    <div align="right">
     5.6</div>
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   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     6,262,371</div>
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   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     5.4</div>
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    <div align="left">
     Amazon</div>
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    <div align="right">
     9,401,846</div>
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   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     4.8</div>
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   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     7,707,800</div>
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   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     6.6</div>
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     Lenovo</div>
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     6,525,762</div>
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    <div align="right">
     3.3</div>
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    <div align="right">
     2,186,993</div>
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   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     1.9</div>
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     Others</div>
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   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     60,656,161</div>
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    <div align="right">
     31.0</div>
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    <div align="right">
     30,142,374</div>
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   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     25.8</div>
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     <strong>Total</strong></div>
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    <div align="right">
     <strong>195,435,004</strong></div>
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   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     <strong>100.0</strong></div>
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   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     <strong>116,348,317</strong></div>
</td>
   <td valign="bottom" width="131">
    <div align="right">
     <strong>100.0</strong></div>
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