Analysts predict Apple’s dominance of the tablet market in 2011

Apple will continue to dominate the tablet market in 2011 according to a new report by market researchers, Canalys.

Canalys’ report predicts that tablet sales will hit 52 million units over the course of 2011, with 75% of sales lining the pockets of Apple.

There are parallels between this report and an earlier one by Goldman Sachs, which predicted that 54.7 million tablet units would be sold in 2011, and that of those units 37.2 million would be Apple iPads or iPad 2s.

However, some experts believe that component manufacturers and may have overestimated the saleability of tablet devices:

“Based on our research inputs, tablet makers eager to emulate Apple’s meteoric start are trying to secure components with inflated build plans,” said JPMorgan’s Mark Moskowitz. “Indeed, although 55.1 million tablets are expected this year to be produced, only 46.9 million of the units will sell.”

If initial interest in the release of the iPad2 is an indicator, these sorts of figures are certainly not beyond the reach of the tablet market, but it is up to other tablet manufacturers to put the pressure on Apple and eat into their market share.

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