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Android Tablets Beating Out iPad in Business and IT: Report

14.06.2012
Apple's iPad may still be considered the in many quarters, but new research data casts a shadow of doubt over how long that will continue.

In fact, a full 44 percent of first-time tablet buyers in business and IT plan to purchase an device in the upcoming 12 months, compared with just 27 percent planning to go with an iPad, according to a new study from IDG Connect (IDG Connect is part of IDG, which owns PCWorld.com).

"The rise in tablet usage and increasing prevalence of BYOD is set to have a fundamental impact on IT and business over the next few years,” said Kathryn Cave, editor at IDG Connect, in a announcing the results. “These findings signify changes in work mobile consumption and market leadership in the tablet arena.”

Only Three Percent Opt for Windows 8

To conduct its research, IDG Connect recently surveyed 3,124 IT and business professionals around the globe.

Seventy-one percent of respondents said they already own a tablet, and 51 percent of those reported having an iPad, IDG Connect reported.