Vertical market segments, including health care, insurance, and real estate, have adopted Tablet PCs. However, horizontal corporate markets, where a large number of notebook PCs are sold, have been slow to embrace Tablet PCs. Several vendors have introduced new, larger Tablets that more closely resemble traditional notebooks in an attempt to appeal to this market.

This report contains worldwide annual unit shipment and revenue forecasts for Tablet PCs through 2009. It also contains an annual regional breakdown of Tablet PC shipments through 2009. New in this year's report are 2004 Tablet PC shipments and revenues by vendor, as well as 2004 vendor shipments by region. Extensive analysis of Tablet PCs in both horizontal and vertical markets is included, as well as the potential of Tablet PCs in the consumer segment. The report includes profiles of some of the markets' leading players, including Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba, Acer, Intel, Microsoft, Motion, and Fujitsu.