According to IDC, global shipments of tablet devices increased to 47.6 million in the third quarter of 2013. This indicates a 7% increase compared to the figures of the previous quarter and 36% compared to the figures for the same quarter last year.  And again, the bulk of deliveries are accounted for by Android tablets.

According to The Wall Street Journal, the Taiwanese company Acer is preparing to introduce a tablet for $ 99, thereby starting to compete with Chinese manufacturers of budget devices.

According to the DigiTimes resource, the Taiwanese company Compal Electronics, a strategic partner of Acer and Lenovo, is drastically reducing the staff involved in the development and testing of tablets.

The executive director of Microsoft hinted that you should not wait for a cheap tablet based on Windows 8.