“UBS’s Maynard Um this morning raised his estimate for the worldwide tablet computer market to 60 million units this year, up from 55 million previously,” Tiernan Ray reports for Barron’s. “However, it’s all about Apple, in his view.”
“Um’s 2011 unit forecast for Apple’s iPad rises to 39.9 million units this calendar year, from 32.3 million previously,” Ray reports. “Um’s 2012 estimate goes to 90 million units from 80 million, and 53 million of those are for the iPad, up from a prior 46 million-unit estimate.”
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Ray reports, “Um also cut his PC market estimate, to 4.5% growth this year in units from a prior 6.3% forecast.”
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