Pew: One-Third of Adults Now Have Tablets

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A new Pew Research study demonstrates why Wi-Fi and in-home
mobility are so important to the cable industry's long-term broadband plans -- Comcast,
for one, just announced a new neighborhood hotspot Wi-Fi initiative to create
millions of new "friends and family" hot spots.

More than a third of the adult population (34%) now owns a
tablet computer, up from 18% a year ago, and up from just 3% in 2010, according
to the Pew study.

The demo most likely to own a tablet is
college-educated adults ages 35-44 making a least $75,000 a year.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.