Apple iPad - Hot Gadget

Market researcher Gartner calculates worldwide tablet PC sales of 10.5 million units in 2010, up from 1.06 million last year. It does not break out iPad figures, but expects the device to account for a huge bulk of sales. Another researcher, iSuppli, expects worldwide iPad sales of 7.1 million units in 2010, 14.4 million in 2011 and 20.1 million in 2012.

“This will be a huge driver in the market,” says Leslie Fiering, an analyst at Gartner. “The Apple mystique revolutionized the MP3 and smartphone markets. It will do the same with tablets.”