IPad market share at the lowest level in history

According to market research firm ABI Research, the company's iPad tablet computer maker Apple despite continuous "storm" on the market but seems to be showing signs of hypothermia when the market fell to 55% in the quarter III/2012.

The company's iPad tablet computer maker Apple fell to 14% from the previous quarter, and the lowest level since 2010, the time of the introduction of the first iPad.

Meanwhile, in the opposite direction, the market share of Android tablet has grown rapidly in recent years and follow the iPad's market share. The decline in market share of the iPad stems from the unexpected success of the series of tablets from Samsung, Amazon and most recently, the Asus tablet Nexus 7 to work with Google.

According to ABI Research, Android accounted for 44% of the tablet market and this number will continue to increase in the future. Analyst Jeff Orr of ABI Research says Android is the first choice for the majority of hardware manufacturers, and we expect Android will continue to increase in number, through new products appear on the market, giving users more choices, appropriate segment both price and features.

Meanwhile, according to ABI Research iPad mini, miniature versions of the iPad has just been released recently not enough to help to iPad to regain market share from Google's Android. With the introduction of smaller and cheaper version, Apple has acknowledged the threat of cheap Android segment in the market. However, the price of the iPad mini is still high and hard to compete with the competitors in the segment.

The Android soon surpass the iPad in the tablet market is predictable, especially when most of the tablet makers around the world are using Android as their development platform, while only use proprietary Apple iOS for iPad. The leader in sales of iPad before many rival Android in the past three years the market has been seen as a huge success of Apple.