Tablet PC shipments to reach 100 million units in 2013

Smartphones, tablet PCs and notebooks will all become mainstream terminal devices in the mobile Internet market in the future with smartphone shipments having a chance to reach 800 million units in 2013, up more than double from 2010, with tablet PCs at 100 million units and notebooks 300 million units, says Digitimes Research senior analyst Joanne Chien.

As smartphone shipments will reach 440 million units in 2011 and continue to see surging growth over the next few years, Chien believes tablet PCs will benefit from the opportunity as consumers will want to enhance their experience from smartphones and decide to choose a tablet PC.

However, since tablet PCs are unlikely to become as popular as smartphones, if tablet PC and smartphone shipments are combined, tablet PCs will only account for 10 percent to 12 percent of the shipments from 2011-2013.

Tablet PC shipments to reach 100 million units in 2013, says Digitimes Research