The tablet market has grown exponentially over the past 18 months, cannibalizing a growing portion of consumer PC sales in the process.

An August 1-12 ChangeWave survey of 2,969 respondents has looked at the latest trends in consumer PCs and tablets – including customer satisfaction, future demand, and competition among manufacturers to cut Apple's (AAPL) commanding share of the tablet market. ChangeWave Research is a division of The 451 Group.

The new survey also took a close-up look at the eReader market.

Report details include:

• Current and future demand trends for overall tablet market and Apple iPad
• Market share competition between iPad (AAPL), Motorola (MMI) Xoom, Research in Motion (RIMM) PlayBook, and Samsung Galaxy Tab, among others
• Cannibalization of other products due to Tablet momentum
• iPad Satisfaction Ratings vs. Other Tablets
• Current and future eReader demand trends - iPad vs. Amazon (AMZN) Kindle vs. Barnes and Noble (BKS) Nook
• eReader Satisfaction Ratings
• Battle between Online Bookstores: Kindle Bookstore, iBookstore, and Barnes and Noble
• Consumer PC Demand: Market share competition among major PC manufacturers – next 90 days
• Most popular Apple computer models
• Changes in planned buying for PCs and Netbooks

Companies in the Report:

AMAZON (AMZN), APPLE (AAPL), BARNES & NOBLE (BKS), DELL (DELL), HEWLETT-PACKARD (HPQ), MOTOROLA (MMI), RESEARCH IN MOTION (RIMM), HTC, LENOVO, Samsung

The complete Consumer Tablets, PCs and eReaders Report is available here.