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Summary Tablet market is projected to surge to $49 billion by 2015, growing eightfold from 2010.
The tablet computer market will become the third largest consumer electronics sector, after televisions and personal computers, the research firm Strategy Analytics said.Apple is estimated to have sold about 1 million iPad 2s in the first weekend of its U.S. launch last month. Samsung may have sold a similar number of its Galaxy Tabs in the past three months and sales growth is expected to lag.Tablets are a high-value casual-computing segment that is creating huge growth opportunities for major brands, such as Apple and Samsung, said analyst Neil Mawston.
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