Sales data from Gartner shows Android on top of the Apple iPad for the first time ever in 2013

Despite creating the category in 2010 and amassing a huge lead in market share over the competition, for the first time ever in 2013 Android tablet sales globally topped those of the Apple iPad. Not only did Android take the top spot from the iOS flavored slates, it more than doubled the sales of iPads. The information was disseminated by Gartner.



First, let's look at the figures. According to Gartner, 121 million Android tablets were sold in 2013, up from the 53 million sold in 2012. Apple sold 70.4 million iPads last year, up from the 61.4 million sold in 2012. And Microsoft also turned ...