<p> <i>112.5 million -- </i> That's the number of American adults -- about a third -- who will own an electronic tablet in 2016, according to <a href="/topics/Forrester_Research%2C_Inc.">Forrester Research</a>. The spread of these devices -- magic pills most of us seem destined to swallow -- may someday sweep aside personal computers for most users, and is driven by <a href="/topics/Apple%2C_Inc.">Apple</a>'s <a href="/topics/iPad">iPad</a>, a new version of which was unveiled Wednesday. As fast, vivid and increasingly affordable tablets colonize the culture, they'll change it, altering how we interact with books, movies, journalism, TV -- and one another.</p>

112.5 million -- That's the number of American adults -- about a third -- who will own an electronic tablet in 2016, according to Forrester Research. The spread of these devices -- magic pills most of us seem destined to swallow -- may someday sweep aside personal computers for most users, and is driven by Apple's iPad, a new version of which was unveiled Wednesday. As fast, vivid and increasingly affordable tablets colonize the culture, they'll change it, altering how we interact with books, movies, journalism, TV -- and one another.

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