US Tablet PC Consumers focus on ipad10% select HP

Sina Science and technology news Beijing time August 18 morning, the U.S. asset Management and market research company Robert W.baird published a Wednesday report shows that consumers who have bought or planned to buy tablets are only interested in Apple's ipad. In the study, Robert W.baird surveyed 1114 people, 98% of whom were in the United States.　　In the survey, more than 50% of the respondents, aged 22-60, said they already had a tablet or were planning to buy a tablet in the near future, with 95% of respondents saying they would choose the ipad. Although respondents in the survey were able to choose from a variety of tablets, only 10% of respondents chose HP Touchpad.　　The respondents to RIM BlackBerry Playbook and Acer Iconia were 4% and less than 1%, respectively. Jason Noland, the report's author, Jeson Noland that rivals are unlikely to catch up with Apple in a short time. "I've found that few other products can compete with the ipad," he says. I think companies outside the personal tablet industry have the opportunity to launch cheaper products and to be used as office tools by companies. "For Google to launch a possible Android tablet," Nolan said: "Unless the product price can reach half the ipad, and come up with some leading features, it is difficult to compete with the ipad." The survey also found that 83% of tablet users still plan to buy PCs. That means the tablet doesn't have much impact on PC sales. (Chu Yue)