While PCs are still the most prevalent connected device in...
While PCs are still the most prevalent connected device in U.S. Internet households at 93 percent penetration, the combined number of tablets and smartphones that consumers own has for the first time exceeded the installed base of PCs, according to…
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a report from NPD. Smartphone penetration in Q1 2013 grew from 52 to 57 percent, and tablet penetration jumped from 35 to 53 percent of Internet households, NPD said. More than half a billion devices in U.S. homes are now connected to the Internet and deliver apps, according to the report, including some 26 million smartphones and tablets, NPD said. The installed base of tablets in the period jumped by 18 million, trailing the number of smartphone users by nine million, according to NPD. Overall, the number of connected devices per U.S. Internet household has grown to 5.7, up from 5.3 devices three months ago, it said. The report was based on a survey of more than 4,000 U.S. consumers, age 18 and older, who were surveyed in Q1 2013. The number of installed and Internet connected devices includes those that deliver broadband applications such as computers, tablets, smartphones, smart TVs, Blu-ray Disc Players, video game consoles, and streaming media set top boxes, NPD said.