据谷歌AdMob最近调查显示，玩电子游戏已经成为平板电脑的第一大用途。

这项在3月份执行的调查指出，多个应用商店提供的大量游戏，以及平板电脑出色的视觉效果（游戏邦注：例如Motorola Xoom等平板电脑的画面效果尤其适合玩游戏），是该平台成为理想游戏设备的重要原因之一。

Video games are the No 1 activity for users of tablets

这项调查的受访者共包括1400名美国用户，其中有84%用户在平板电脑上玩游戏，78%受访者表示在该平台上搜索信息，74%用于发送邮件，61%浏览新闻，56%访问社交网站，51%获取音乐或视频内容，46%将其用于阅读电子书，42%在该平台网购。

除此之外，还有59%的用户在平板电脑上阅读电子书的时间，多于阅读平面书本；有52%用户使用平板电脑的时间多于收听广播，43%使用平板电脑的频率高于运行台式电脑或笔记本电脑，41%使用该设备的时间长于使用智能手机，34%使用该设备时间多于看电视。

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有38%的用户每天使用平板电脑的平均时间超过了2小时，还有30%的每天使用时间在1至2小时之间；82%用户在家使用平板电脑，还有11%在外出途中使用该设备，7%则在工作中使用平板电脑。

有28%左右的受访者自称平板电脑已成为他们的主要计算机设备。约69%称自己在工作日使用平板电脑，剩下的31%用户则在周末时使用该设备。多达77%的用户称自从有了平板电脑，他们使用台式电脑或笔记本电脑的频率大为降低了。（本文为游戏邦/gamerboom.com编译，转载请注明来源：游戏邦）

Tablets are for playing games, not reading eBooks

Video games are the No. 1 activity for users of tablet computers, according to a survey by Google’s AdMob division.

That’s not a huge surprise, given the huge popularity of games on the different app stores. It’s also a reflection of how good games can look on the gorgeous touchscreens of tablets such as the Motorola Xoom that give gamers much more real estate to play a game. Tablets have the graphics and processing firepower to play good quality games, and there’s a huge supply of inexpensive games available on places such as the Android Market and Apple’s App Store.

The survey of 1,400 tablet owners in the U.S. showed that 84 percent play games. That compares to 78 percent using tablets for search, 74 percent for email, 61 percent for news, 56 percent for social networks, 51 percent for music or videos, 46 percent for reading eBooks, and 42 percent for shopping online.

Admob’s survey, conducted in March, found that 59 percent of tablet users spend more time on a tablet than they do reading a paper book. The number is 52 percent for listening to the radio, 43 percent for using a laptop or desktop, 41 percent for using a smartphone, and 34 percent for watching TV.

The survey found that 38 percent of users spent more than two hours a day using a tablet. Another 30 percent use their tablets for one to two hours. About 82 percent of people use their tablets at home, compared to 11 percent who use them on the run and 7 percent who use them at work.

Some 28 percent of respondents said that the tablet has become their primary computer. About 69 percent said they use their tablets more on weekdays, compared to 31 percent who use them on weekends. And 77 percent said they used their desktops or laptops less after they started using a tablet.（source:venturebeat）