In  the blink of an eye. Since the iPad -Apple's tablet- hit the market in April 2010, these devices have enjoyed unstoppable growth as new models are coming out at more affordable prices, such as one of the latest to arrive: Amazon's Kindle Fire.

This hybrid between a smartphone and a laptop computer has also meant a revolution in electronic commerce, so much so that there is talk of an tablet e-Commerce, or t-commerce, because figures show that users of these devices are very active online shoppers.

Where the tablets come from, their benefits compared to other devices, the reasons why their users shop with them and the outlook for future growth are just some of the areas covered in this report on the tablet e-Commerce revolution.