Thanks To Santa, Tablets And E-Readers Are (Almost) Everywhere

Ownership of tablets and e-book readers saw a big spike over the holidays — in fact, it nearly doubled in the United States, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center’s Internet and American Life Project. The study was based on telephone surveys conducted in mid-December and January, which found that ownership of both device types nearly doubled in just a month. Now a total of 29 percent of US adults own a tablet or an e-reader, or possibly both. The jump follows a period during the fall of 2011 where the numbers seemed relatively stagnant. Over at The Atlantic , Megan Garber uses that fact to ask if these sales are just a fad

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Thanks To Santa, Tablets And E-Readers Are (Almost) Everywhere