Digitimes Research: Global tablet PC shipments to reach 89 million units in 2012

Digitimes Research: Global tablet PC shipments to reach 89 million units in 2012: Affecting by weaker-than-expected global economic growth in the second half of 2012, Digitimes Research estimates that global branded tablet PC shipments will only reach 49.18 million units during the period, reducing Digitimes Research's previous annual shipment forecast to 88.69 million units, with shipment ratio for the first and second halves of 2012 to reach 45:55, according to Digitimes Research senior analyst James Wong.