It's the most explosive development in the tablet market since the release of the original iPad. The launch of the Amazon Kindle Fire represents a major shot across the bow at Apple, according to a new ChangeWave survey of primarily North American consumers. Until now Apple has almost completely dominated the tablet space, rolling past competitors. No more.

Besides tablets, the November 1-13 survey of 3,043 consumers looks at the latest demand trends in PCs and eReaders. ChangeWave Research is a division of The 451 Group.

Report details include:

• Current and future demand trends for overall tablet market
• Impact of Amazon Kindle Fire (AMZN) release on Apple iPad (AAPL) and other tablets
• Market share competition between iPad, Fire, 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. Kindle vs. Barnes and Noble (BKS) Nook
• Consumer PC Demand: Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) and Apple – next 90 days
• Most popular Apple Mac models

Companies in the Report:

Amazon (AMZN), Apple (AAPL), Barnes and Noble (BKS), Dell (DELL), Motorola (MMI), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), Research in Motion (RIMM), Samsung

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