More than a quarter of U.S. adults now own either a tablet or an e-reader. Sales of these relatively new devices boomed over the holiday season, according to a study from Pew Research Center released on Monday. In mid-December, 10 percent of the U.S. population owned a tablet. By early January, the number had nearly doubled to 19 percent, according to the research. E-reader ownership tracked roughly the same numbers, moving from 10 percent to 19 percent over the holiday gift-giving season. The percentage of people who own either a tablet or an e-reader soared from 19 percent to 29 percent.
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Tablets and E-Readers See Hot and Heavy Holiday Sales
Posted by: Rob Spiegel January 23, 2012 12:11 PMMore than a quarter of U.S. adults now own either a tablet or an e-reader. Sales of these relatively new devices boomed over the holiday season, according to a study from Pew Research Center released on Monday. In mid-December, 10 percent of the U.S. population owned a tablet. By early January, the number had nearly doubled to 19 percent, according to the research. E-reader ownership tracked roughly the same numbers, moving from 10 percent to 19 percent over the holiday gift-giving season. The percentage of people who own either a tablet or an e-reader soared from 19 percent to 29 percent.