Mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones ultimately prevailed as the year's best-selling items. In marketing battles that stemmed from Seoul and Silicon Valley, Samsung and Apple each poured millions into touting their latest devices in these two categories and saw blockbuster sales.

Overall, tablets emerged as one of the year's top performers across the technology sector.

More consumers in the US this winter intend to buy a tablet instead of a laptop, according to the research firm Parks Associates, and analysts from the Consumer Electronics Association predict a full 25 per cent of US holiday-buyers will have bought a tablet.

From the article, "Apple and Samsung big winners in this year's gadget race," by Neil Parmar.

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