Top Best Tablets iPad, Samsung Galaxy, Kindle Fire, Nexus 7 & Lenovo

IDC Tablet

IDC TabletIDC  published its Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker that showed a growth of close to 50% over last year's third quarter. Android surged at the expense of Apple's iPad. The top selling tablet types in Q3  were the iPad,  Samsung Galaxy Tab/Note, Kindle Fire/HD, and Nexus 7.

Samsung shipped 5.1 million tablets worldwide in 3Q12, up 115.0% from 2Q12; that's an increase of 325.0% from 3Q11, when it shipped 1.2 million tablets Samsung now holds 18.4% of the worldwide table market.  It is the first time a competitor has reached this level of share since the launch of the original iPad.

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Top Best Tablets - iPad, Kindle Fire & Samsung Galaxy Tab Most Satisfied

Top Tablet Study

Top Tablet StudyJ D Power announced the findings of its first tablet study Apple ranked highest, followed by the Amazon Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tabs, Acer, Barnes and Noble and the HP TouchPad! Many of the tablets appeared in WiMo News' top coolest tablets of 2011.

Here are the latest rankings by ratings.  The Kindle Fire was only six points lower than the iPad. The new Kindle Fire HD  now ranks as the top best seller on Amazon.com. Here's how the surveyed customers ranked their tablets:

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