Tablets have successfully killed off the netbook computer – firms such as Asus have said they’ll stop making the tiny laptops this year – but the success hasn’t been spread evenly: some firms dominate the market

For a long time, Apple has largely had the tablet market to itself, with rivals having to embark on ridiculous cost-cutting – hello, HP! – or extensive corner-cutting to try and take on everybody’s favourite tablet. Sales of Android tablets have been steady at best, and Apple currently has around 72% of the UK tablet market. However, pundits predict that storm clouds are gathering. Could the iPad honeymoon be coming to an end?

It’s ironic that tablets look rather like glossy gravestones, because several models have already ended up in the tablet graveyard