{"id":1004211906,"date":"2012-06-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-04T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/cpe-uncategorized\/forrester-predicts-tablet-takeover\/1004211906.html"},"modified":"2022-12-03T03:27:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-03T11:27:01","slug":"forrester-predicts-tablet-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/forrester-predicts-tablet-takeover\/","title":{"rendered":"Forrester Predicts Tablet Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent report from Forrester Research, analyst Frank Gillett predicts tablets will become the primary computing device for millions of people around the world by 2016<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>According to Gillett, tablets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Are very good for information consumption, an activity that many of us do a lot of.<\/li>\n<li>Are great tools for working as they are easy to use, have superior graphics, portability and all-day battery life.<\/li>\n<li>Provide a future for content creations apps as developers get used to building for touch-first interfaces, taking advantage of voice input, and adding motion gestures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The report goes on to predict tablet sales to rise from 56 million (in 2011) to\u00a0 375 million sold worldwide in 2016, with over 760 million tablets in use globally.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2012\/06\/screen_shot_2012-04-23_at_1.58.47_pm1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2012\/06\/screen_shot_2012-04-23_at_1.58.47_pm1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"757\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Forrester defines \u201ctablets\u201d as \u201cTouch first slab computers that weigh less than 800 grams (1.75 pounds), have a 7- to 14-inch diagonal screen area, feature always-on operation, and 8-hour battery life\u2026 Many of the devices that are trying to be an ultrathin laptop with a touch screen won\u2019t qualify because of greater weight or shorter battery life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>You can find the entire report <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.forrester.com\/frank_gillett\/12-04-23-why_tablets_will_become_our_primary_computing_device\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rdm1.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RDM<\/a>, we can already see that tablets are a great fit for the CRE and business industry.\u00a0 With the explosion of tablet sales in recent years, tablets are changing the landscape of just about every industry.\u00a0 Do you think we have already entered a post PC-era?\u00a0 Do you agree with the prediction from Forrester?<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Peter Boritz is President of Real Data Management.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a recent report from Forrester Research, analyst Frank Gillett predicts tablets will become the primary computing device for millions of people around the world by 2016<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":443,"featured_media":1004507649,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[39372],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1004211906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cpe-blog"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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