Tablets and touch adoption expected to drive mobile PC shipments through 2017, says DisplaySearch

Tablets and touch adoption expected to drive mobile PC shipments through 2017, says DisplaySearch: The mobile PC market is expected to increase from 367.6 million units shipped in 2012 to 762.7 million globally by 2017, driven by touch-enabled form factors, according to research firm DisplaySearch. The majority of this shift will come as tablets begin to replace notebooks in 2013 as the dominant mobile PC form factor, and touch becomes a key feature in mobile PC adoption.