Despite not being featured or on display at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Apple's iPad Air took the Best Tablet for 2014 honours as part of the the 2014 Global Mobile Awards. This is despite half-a-dozen new Android tablets having come to market since the iPad Air launched in October.
The iPad Air and the past four generations of Apple's tablet have dominated the tablet space pretty much since Apple introduced the category in 2010. Various waves of tablets have tried to challenge the iPad in the 9.7-inch category. Competitors have diversified by making different sizes, connecting keyboard accessories and even releasing professional versions of their tablets.
Despite this, the iPad and its ecosystem have dominated not just the consumer space but the ever-evolving enterprise market. Apple has managed to make the iPad more portable and yet even more powerful with each suceedding iteration.
Source: iSource