US market watcher Maritz Research asked 2500 North American smartphone owners which tablet they would like to get. Many said they’d like an iPad, Forbes reports. We hope RIM has something up their sleeves. It ain’t just a nerds’ world anymore.
No surprise there, perhaps, but 41 per cent of the folk who said they own an Android phone revealed that they’d like an iPad too.
Only 19 per cent of them said they’d go for the Android-based Samsung Galaxy Tab and 15 per cent for the Android-under-the-hood Amazon Kindle Fire.
BlackBerry owners proved even more covetous of the Apple tablet. Some 53 per cent of them want an iPad, but only 8.5 per cent want a BlackBerry PlayBook. Kindle Fire? 12 per cent. Samsung Galaxy Tab? 11 per cent.
Some 40 per cent of Windows Phone owners said they would choose an iPad, while 16 per cent opted for the Kindle Fire and 12 per cent for the Galaxy Tab.
Of the folk who have already bought a tablet in the last three months, 50 per cent have an iPad, 13 per cent a Kindle Fire and nine per cent a Galaxy Tab.
Android, BlackBerry phone owners favour Apple tablet • reghardware
