This year 821 million smartphone and tablet will be sold worldwide. Next year, that number is expected to jump to 1.2 billion, according to analysis from Gartner, Inc., a tech research firm.
“For most businesses smartphones and tablets will not entirely replace PCs, but theubiquity of smartphones and the increasing popularity of tablets are changing the way businesses look at their device strategies and the way consumers embrace devices,” said Carolina Milanesi, research vice president at Gartner.
Here are more projections from the Gartner on how tablets and smartphones will impact the business world:
And you think everyone's always on their phone now?
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