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Survey: iPad trails computer mouse on seniors' holiday gift lists

November 22, 2010

Tablet computers, including Apple's iPad, are getting a lot of hype as potential gifts this holiday season. But a new survey found that on older folks' wish lists, they lag behind the plain old computer mouse.

Tablets ranked as the fifth-hottest electronic item for this holiday season among Millennials, those born from the late-1970s to the early-2000s, according to a survey by consumer research firm Parks Associates.

From the article, "Survey: iPad trails computer mouse on seniors' holiday gift lists" by Mark Milian

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