Gartner analysts have calculated that in 2012 will be sold 821 million smart devices , which ranked as smartphones and tablet computers. This corresponds to 70% of all consumer electronics sold. Experts also predict that in 2013, sales of smart devices will grow by half, to 1.2 billion units.
The steadily growing popularity of tablets in a business environment: employees of different-sized organizations prefer mobility, not computing power devices. The share of consumers in this category in 2012, has only 13 million tablets, but by 2016 the figure will rise to 53 million.
To dominate the tablet market will be the software platform Android and iOS, but by 2016, Microsoft will be able to grab a significant chunk of up to 39%. The smartphone market at this time, there are several different: more than half of smartphones will be running Android (the OS is now used in every third smartphone).