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During the third quarter of 2010 — the first complete quarter with Apple's iPad on sale the entire time — manufacturers shipped 4.8 million tablets worldwide, up 45 percent from 3.3 million in the same period last year.
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According to IT provider Softchoice’s recent survey of more than 1,400 people from over 1,200 companies, mobile is quickly becoming a preferred method for researching IT purchases. The survey found that 60 percent of respondents that carried smartphones used them to research IT.
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According to its annual report, Forrester Research indicates that Technologies like 4G and LTE, Near Field Communication, barcodes and augmented reality will see increasing amounts of hype in 2011, and the use of mobile/social/location combinations will soar.