Apple will dominate tablet market through 2015, says Gartner

But Google's Android will relentlessly nibble at iOS' market share.

Computerworld - Apple's iOS will dominate the tablet market through the middle of the decade, Gartner analysts said today.

But as already is the case in the smartphone market, Apple will face its most heated competition from Google's Android.

iOS will retain a market majority through 2014, then slip under the 50% bar the following year, said Gartner analysts Carolina Milanesi and Roberta Cozza, who cited Apple's reinvention of the tablet as key to the company's success.

In 2011, Gartner is forecasting iPad sales of 48 million, compared to 13.9 million tablets running Google's Android, giving Apple's iOS a 68.7% share of the tablet market. In 2012, however, Apple's share will slip to 63.5% -- even though it will sell over 68 million iPads -- as sales of Android-based tablets surge to 26 million to account for nearly a quarter of all devices.     Read More