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Tablets PCs are like e-books–exotic to the typical consumer, but still an area of growth. And a new Reuters story says sales are improving; and that’s good news for digital publishers. Here are stats from Alan Promisel, an IDC analyst:

Promisel said that his firm predicts that in 2003, a total of 500,000 tablet PCs will be sold around the globe, which represents about 1 percent of the total portable PC market.

But, by 2007, IDC forecasts that the tablet PC could account for well over 20 percent of the portable market.

Remember, those are Tablet PC sales alone. Let’s hope that Linux-related sales can take off, too. Keep in mind all the system overhead on PC machines–not to mention the fact that Linux is a safer, more stable operating system.

 
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