According to NPD DisplaySearch tablet shipments are down for the first time in Q1 2014, leading to the analyst's reduction of its 2014 shipment forecast to 285 million units with a growth rate of just 14%.
The analyst continues annual growth will continue falling in the future, and will slow down to single digits by 2017.
Tablet shipments for Q1 2014 total 56m units, down from 59m in Q4 2013, with many vendors reporting "weak" shipments due to delayed product launches. On the other hand notebook PC shipments are "better than expected," if due to the commercial refresh cycle and Windows XP migration.