24 1 / 2012
Pew: 19 percent of American adults now own a tablet, twice as many as in December | The Verge
Pew also reports an identical trend for ebook readers. Those were at 10 percent before all the presents were unpacked and have similarly leapt up to 19 percent in January. Owners of either a tablet or an ebook have gone from 18 percent of US adults to 29 percent in the same period. The latter number would suggest that most people are choosing either a tablet or an e-reader — a trend that may change in 2012 if the current drive toward ever-lower prices continues the commodification of both types of device.
