Apple iOS will continue to own the majority of the worldwide media tablet through 2015 despite competition from other OSs, according to a study by Gartner. Due to Apple's iPad, iOS will account for 69 percent of media tablet OS this year, and represent 47 percent of the media tablet market in 2015. Google's Android OS is forecast to increase its worldwide share of the media tablet market from 20 percent this year to 39 percent in 2015. Analysts said Google's decision not to open up the Honeycomb, its first OS version dedicated to tablets, to third parties will prevent fragmentation, but it will also slow the price decline and ultimately cap market share. MeeGo is forecast to decline its worldwide share of the media tablet market from 1.1 percent this year to 1 percent in 2015. WebOS' worldwide share of the media tablet market is forecast to fall from 4 percent to 3 percent in 2015. QNX is forecast to increase its worldwide share of the media tablet market from 5.6 percent to 10 percent in 2015. With the migration of Blackberry devices to QNX, the OS used on the Blackberry PlayBook, in 2012, RIM will be able to offer users a consistent experience across its whole product portfolio and create a single developer community. Platforms such as MeeGo and WebOS, which currently have a weak presence in the smartphone market, will have a limited appeal unless they can grow that business.
