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Hey look, a chart with the iPad on top. Aren't statistics fun? And
yet, this chart may not mean quite what you think it does. The Nielsen
Company presented a cadre of individuals with a list of nice, shiny
gadgets and let them cross off anything and everything they'd like to
buy in the next six months, and 31 percent of kids 6-12 picked the
iPad as one of them. That doesn't mean these youngsters wanted the
iPad any more than a game console, mind you, it just means more of
them picked the tablet than any other single game console on the list.
Also, it turns out that the iPad was the only tablet PC available, so
it could well ave served as a proxy vote for other slates -- Galaxy
Tab, anyone? The survey results also don't factor in ownership, so if
the Xbox 360's low on the buy list, it could be because respondents
already have one... but we suppose this is the definitive proof we've
been searching for that e-readers are on the outs in the 12-and-under
crowd. Jeff Bezos is crying over his evening oatmeal right now. After
the break, see what the same chart looks like for teenagers and
adults. (Hint: they aren't all that hot on handhelds.)
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