Apple's iPads to fall behind Android tablets this year: IDC

By Noel Randewich SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Shipments of Apple Inc's iPads will fall behind the growing variety of tablets running Google Inc's Android platform for the first time this year as smaller-sized devices catch on with more consumers, research firm International Data Corp (IDC) said on Tuesday. iPad shipments are expected to account for 46 percent of the market in 2013, down from 51 percent last year, IDC said. Devices running Android are expected to grow their market share to 49 percent this year from 42 percent last year. IDC also raised its 2013 tablet shipment forecast to 190. ...

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