Ownership of tablets, e-readers almost doubles
(CNN) — A new report from one of the Web’s leading researchers spells out what news reports have suggested: that tablet computers and e-readers made a huge leap in popularity this holiday season.
The number of U.S. adults who owned tablets such as Apple’s iPad and Amazon’s Kindle Fire, or e-readers, like the Kindle or Barnes Noble’s Nook, increased from 10% in mid-December to 19% in early January, according to the report from the Pew Internet American Life Project.
It’s a surprisingly big number — nearly doubling in a matter of weeks the popularity of gadgets that have existed for at least a couple of years. The Kindle came out in 2007, the Nook in 2009, and the iPad in
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