Gartner Forecasts Android Tie With Windows By 2016

Apple, whose iPad, and now iPad mini, are expected to achieve sales of 219 million units globally by 2016, Gartner says. That would make Apple the leading provider of tablet computers.

Android suppliers will collectively hold second place, with 109 million in unit sales. Microsoft will grow from 2.3 million units in 2012 and 9.3 million in 2013 to 34.4 million by 2016 for third place. The total tablet market may reach 364 million units by 2016, Gartner predicts.