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Tablet computers affected by the emergence of a new type of devices such as Alvabelt and smart watches

Reduced the company " IDC " of research and studies of market expectations concerning shipments of tablet computers for the year 2013 and beyond , due to the emergence of some competing technologies such as smart phones with large screens and devices wearable technology such as watches and smart glasses .

The company has cut its forecast by 1 percent from 229.3 million to 227.4 million tablet computers expected to ship during the current year .

This effect extends to the expectations , " IDC " for the years 2014 to 2017 , where the company said that the tablet computers shipped in 2017 will reach 407 million units in almost drop from the previous estimate which amounted to 410 million units.

The report stated that the numbers the second quarter of the year were lower than expected significantly due to lack of advertising computers Tablets key , which means that the second half of the year is an important stage supposed to see where shipments of computers tablet improvement , especially during the holiday period of the year.

The report focused on the importance of the rise of new types of devices in a negative impact on the growth of tablet computers , notably the " mobile tablet " or what became known devices " Alvabelt " , namely smart phones with large screens , which is a blend between the phone and tablet computer . In addition to the emergence of peripheral devices are able to link to smart phones such as smart watches .

The study predicted continuing decline in average prices of tablet computers with the emergence of more companies that manufacture tablet computers cheap and experiencing high demand in the market , despite their low quality and use bad experience they provide, as I mentioned , " IDC ."