The tablet market is on the brink of total implosion, judging by the latest market figures, with only the laptop/tablet hybrid offering some respite, targeted particularly by the Wintel brigade (see separate item on HP).

Global tablet shipments in Q2 2016 came in at 38.7m units, down 12.3% from 44.1m units in the same period last year, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. This is the seventh consecutive quarter or decline.