A year after Apple's iPad launch, finds that tablet use has cut into every kind of media consumption and every other electronic device.
We're already seeing the result in sales forecasts. , with just 1 percent growth in the first quarter of 2011, our Melanie Pinola reported last week. . PC sales are down. predicts netbook shipments will fall 20 percent year over year. (Of course, the state of the economy also might have a little something to do with this.)
According to the study, 77 percent reported spending less time on their desktop or laptop since they got a tablet, 28 percent of tablet users say it's their primary computer and 68 percent say they spend an hour or more with their tablet every day.
If , we could see Apple iPads, Motorola Xooms, and RIM BlackBerry PlayBooks taking a substantial chunk out of the market for everything from TVs to game consoles, desktops, laptops, music players and .
People now spend more time using their tablet than:
A clear usage pattern emerged from the data, which surveyed more than 1,400 users in March. , in the evenings, during the week. Gaming rules, but people also like the ubiquitous tablet for web surfing, checking e-mail, "consuming entertainment" (music and video), reading and shopping.
Not surprisingly, old media is getting killed, with more than half of survey respondents spending more time on their tablet than reading books or listening to the radio.