Rapid growth in tablet market

The use of tablets is increasing with a study claiming that one in five Americans will use a tablet by the end of 2012.

However, the same study says that retailers are not keeping up with costumer expectations “leaving money on the table”.

The growth in the popularity of the tablet has, perhaps, forced Microsoft’s hands with the software maker expected to announced its own version of the tablet in a couple of days, according to online reports.

But with Apple’s iPad owning 91 per cent of the tablet web traffic, will Microsoft be able to shake up the tablet market? Its anybody’s guess!