Did your Christmas wish list include a new tablet? Was an iPad or an Android one of the top items on the list of someone in your house. 
Everyone in the computing industry knows that tablets have become a key part of the market. When combined with smart phone sales it is easy to see that they are rapidly becoming the key segment for many kinds of users. Part of this change relates to the portability and the speed of opening that the tablet provides when compared to the typical laptop.
A recent IDC prediction indicates that the growth of the mobile market will continue and that we can see the tablet becoming a core product for many classes of workers. On the personal front they are well established with entertainment and many productivity APPS leading users to adopt the format for more casual computing use. Of course one of the key aspects of the tablet and smart phone trend is their use in maintaining users social environment including Twitter, Facebook and the many others which are now finding a place in the market.
It is felt that this trend will see many users bringing their smaller, portable devices to work in order to take advantage of some of the ease of use features for work related tasks as well. read more here!