Pew: One-Third of Adults Now Have Tablets

Move continues toward portable broadband devices

By John Eggerton -- Broadcasting & Cable, 6/10/2013 9:03:24 AM

A new Pew Research study demonstrates why Wi-Fi and in-home mobility are so important to the cable industry's long-term broadband plans -- Comcast, for one, just announced a new neighborhood hotspot Wi-Fi initiative to create millions of new "friends and family" hot spots.

More than a third of the adult population (34%) now owns a tablet computer, up from 18% a year ago, and up from just 3% in 2010, according to the Pew study.

The demo most likely to own a tablet is college-educated adults ages 35-44 making a least $75,000 a year.