The Pew Research Center has released a study with some interesting
results. Tablet ownership has increased from 11% of adults in July 2011
to 22% now. While Apple had a huge head start their share of the
growing market is dropping rapidly from 81% of the market to 52%.
This
trend will affect construction mobile usage. It
will be more cost effective to issue Android tablets to employees than
iPads. This reduces the cost of replacement as well if they get lost or
damaged. While the iPad is still dominant you should keep an eye on
alternatives as their quality is improving rapidly. For web based applications like business intelligence / reporting and time entry the type of tablet used should not matter.