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Tuesday, March 18, 2003
Report: Tablet PC sales robust - Reuters
Shipment of Tablet PCs, personal computers that can be operated with a pen, reached 72,000 units in the last three months of 2002 and is expected to keep growing this year, technology industry research IDC said Friday. "With only six weeks of potential shipments to record (due to the tablet PC's official launch not occurring until mid-November)," IDC said in a report, "and the form factor's relative infancy in the face of other competing, more established devices, IDC believes that initial shipment volume represents a good start at securing a role in the crowded mobile device arena." ... The report said that Tablet PC shipments in 2003 were expected to "grow considerably, driven by increased marketing efforts from OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) and Microsoft, a steady refining of product lines, and the development of new usage models that are attractive to a greater cross section of potential users."
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