The latest study from NPD DisplaySearch , the 'Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report', reveals that Apple shipped 17.2 million mobile PCs in the first quarter of this year. Apple managed to reach a 118% cent year-over-year growth. The study shows that 80% of Apple's mobile PC shipments were iPads, of which the company sold 13.6 million in the first quarter, which comes to a 162% growth.

According to a recent study by Freewheel, the xBox gaming console is the most popular non-computer device to watch streaming video, edging out the Apple iPad by 28.2% to 27.1%. According to Peter Kafka, this is a 'sneaky success' because more people watch web video on a Microsoft machine than on an Apple iPad, iPhone or any android machine. “And when it comes to home viewing, competitors like Apple TV, Google TV and Roku are so far behind they’re not even competitors,” said Kafka. 

According to recent studies, Apple's revenue will be secured by iPad sales, as the company is working to revamp its other product ranges. Apple's tablets are expected to be among the best-selling products, as the company implements a new pricing strategy that makes the second-generation iPad more affordable. 

LinkedIn has launched its first iPad application. With more than 150 million users in 200 countries, the site’s long awaited app creates an easy way to stay linked with professional contacts. The HTML 5 based LinkedIn app focuses specifically on updates, the inbox, users and groups. The application's release seems fitting, as the company recently announced that 22% of the site's traffic comes from mobile devices.

According to a recent report by Futuresource Consulting 'The Tablet Technology and Markets', the global tablet market is expected to sell 234 million units in 2016, up from 64 million units in 2011, and is estimated to witness a 200% increase for consumer use across the United States and Western Europe during the next two years. Mobile application downloads have also risen in 2011, with tablets accounting for 10% of total downloads. 

According to Tech Fortune, Apple sold 11 million iPads in the first quarter of 2012. However, estimates of sales according to different analysts vary from 9 to 15.6 million. The new iPad alone reportedly sold 3 million units in its debut weekend. The aggressive rollout that followed pushed the third generation iPad to 35 national markets in two weeks. Meanwhile, the iPad 2's prices went down, which is also thought to have boosted sales.

A new Gartner forecast projects that overall tablet sales in 2012 will nearly double from 60 million units in 2011 to 118.9 million units in 2012. According to Gartner, the iPad will continue to dominate the market, with a 61.4% share of the global tablet market this year, based on sales of nearly 73 million units. That figure is expected to grow to 170 million units by 2016.