Android tablets could be 15 percent of the tablet market by next year, a recent report by research firm IMS Research has claimed.
The study, titled “Impact of Connected Tablets on the CE Market – 2010 Interim Report,” foresees that Android tablets’ market share could double from 2011 to 2015, and predicts a 28.4 percent market share for the Google operating system.
The report attributed the projection to the wide acceptance of Android on the part of suppliers and tablet manufacturers.
“Over 15 suppliers will be selling Android-based tablets by mid 2011, including Acer, Cisco, Dell, Motorola, OpenPeak, Samsung, Viewsonic, and many more,” a press statement for the report said.
“The availability of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab tablet via mobile carriers such as AT&T in the US will quickly boost Google Android’s presence in the tablet market,” Anna Hunt, lead author and analyst at IMS, said in the statement.
The study also said that Android’s rise could be because of its flexibility and acceptance with internet service providers (ISPs).
“Even in the fixed-broadband ISP market, where the interface is typically customized to integrate the ISP’s brand and services into the UI, hardware suppliers are offering Android models to allow ISPs to benefit from the quickly growing Android ecosystem,” the statement continued.
Android, Apple, and Windows are the main operating systems found on tablet computers for now and the near future, but new operating systems, such as those developed by Research in Motion and Hewlett-Packard could grow to about 8 percent market share by 2011.
