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Tablet PC 2005: Increasing Shipments Amid a Cloudy Future

Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: In-Stat
Published: July 2005
Product Code: R97-2067
Description
The Tablet PC market approaches its three-year anniversary with increasing shipments, but mixed success. Referring to PCs that run Microsoft's Windows XP Tablet PC Edition operating system, shipments have yet to reach the lofty heights that some backers predicted upon launch. Significant developments in 2004 include NEC leaving the US market, and ViewSonic ceasing production. On the positive side, Lenovo, which recently purchased IBM's PC business, entered the space with its X41 Thinkpad.

Vertical market segments, including health care, insurance, and real estate, have adopted Tablet PCs. However, horizontal corporate markets, where a large number of notebook PCs are sold, have been slow to embrace Tablet PCs. Several vendors have introduced new, larger Tablets that more closely resemble traditional notebooks in an attempt to appeal to this market.

This report contains worldwide annual unit shipment and revenue forecasts for Tablet PCs through 2009. It also contains an annual regional breakdown of Tablet PC shipments through 2009. New in this year's report are 2004 Tablet PC shipments and revenues by vendor, as well as 2004 vendor shipments by region. Extensive analysis of Tablet PCs in both horizontal and vertical markets is included, as well as the potential of Tablet PCs in the consumer segment. The report includes profiles of some of the markets' leading players, including Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, Acer, Intel, Microsoft, Motion, and Fujitsu.
Table of Contents

Table
of Contents



  • Executive Summary



  • Methodology



  • Introduction




    • Hardware



      • Changes
        in the Future-The Ultra Mobile 2007?




    • Software



      • Longhorn-Tablet
        PC OS for Everyone?






  • Target Markets




    • Vertical


    • Horizontal



    • Tablet PCs
      in the Consumer Market?




  • Shipment Review
    & Forecast


  • Profiles




    • Acer


    • Averatec


    • Dell


    • Electrovaya



    • First International
      Computer


    • Fujitsu PC
      Corporation


    • Gateway


    • Hewlett-Packard



    • Intel


    • Itronix


    • Lenovo


    • Microsoft


    • Motion Computing



    • NEC


    • PaceBlade


    • Panasonic


    • Tatung


    • Toshiba


    • ViewSonic


    • WalkAbout


    • Xplore





List
of Tables



  • Table 1. Tablet
    PC Shipment & ASP Forecast 2002-2009 (Units & Revenue in Thousands)



  • Table 2. Tablet
    PC Shipment & ASP Forecast 2002-2009 (Units & Revenue in Thousands)



  • Table 3. 2004 Tablet
    PC Shipments and Revenue by Vendor


  • Table 4. 2004 Regional
    Tablet PC Shipments by Vendor


  • Table 5. Tablet
    PC Shipments Regional Breakdown Forecast 2002-2009 (Units in Thousands)



  • Table 6. Tablet
    PC Shipments as Percentage of Notebook PC Shipments 2002-2009 (Units
    in Thousands)


List
of Figures



  • Figure 1. Tablet
    PC Shipment Forecast 2002-2009 (Units in Thousands)


  • Figure 2. Tablet
    PC Shipment Forecast 2002-2009 (Units & Revenue in Thousands)


  • Figure 3. Tablet
    PC Shipments Regional Breakdown Forecast 2002-2009 (Units in Thousands)

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