It's been four months since the Kindle Fire launched to great fanfare and a ChangeWave survey showed Amazon leaping to number two among tablet manufacturers. But now in the aftermath of the new iPad release, what is the outlook for the tablet industry going forward?

To find out, ChangeWave conducted a March 8-15 survey of 1,476 consumers – begun the day after Apple's iPad announcement – that looks at consumer tablet demand and the impact the new iPad is having on the industry. ChangeWave Research is a service of 451 Research.

Along with the tablet demand survey – which focused primarily on North American consumers – this report also contains the results of a March 22-28 survey of 200 new iPad owners that looked at user opinions and reactions to the new tablet device.

Report details include:

• Future Demand Trends for Overall Tablet Market
• Impact of New Apple (AAPL) iPad Release on Tablet Industry
• A Close-Up Look at New iPad Owners – Including Satisfaction, Key Likes and Dislikes, and the Impact of the Heat Issue
• Market Share Competition Between Apple iPad, Amazon Kindle Fire (AMZN), Samsung Galaxy Tab, and Asus Eee Pad, Among Others
• Consumer Interest in Lower Cost iPad 2
• Comparison of Tablet Satisfaction Ratings - Kindle Fire vs. Apple iPad vs. Other Tablets
• Future Ultrabook Demand Trends
• Consumer PC Demand: Dell (DELL), Hewlett-Packard (HPQ), and Lenovo – next 90 days
• Most popular Apple Mac models

The Complete Consumer Tablet and PC Spending Report is available here.