Tablets Like Nexus 7/ iPad = More Sales,While Smartphone Stream Music More

Tablet shipments will veat notebook shipments in 2016, according to the l NPD Display Search Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report.  While smartphone owners have different habits than tablet owners such as the Nexus 7 and iPad.

Tablets such as the Nexus 7 and  Apple’s iPad, are expected to be the growth driver for the mobile PC market over the next few years.

However, when it comes to listening to music on the go and in the home, smartphones and Web-connected TVs lead other connected devices for consumers’ propensity to stream music and listen to Internet radio.

Just under a third of smartphone users and connected-TV users (31 percent) who access online content, use their devices to stream music or listen to Internet radio, compared to just under 20 percent for tablet users and video-game console users.

 While notebook PC shipments are expected to increase from 208M units in 2012 to 393M units by 2017, tablet PC shipments are expected to grow from 121M units to 416M units in this period, for a compound annual growth rate of 28%.

  key driver for tablet PC growth is adoption in mature markets (including North America, Japan and Western Europe), which will account for 66% of shipments in 2012 and remain in the 60% range throughout the forecast period. Tablet PC shipments into mature markets will grow from 80M units in 2012 to 254M units by 2017.