News has been released that Apple's iPad captured 80% of the tablet shipments in North America between April and June this year. The news comes via Strategy Analytics who say that Apple has a stronghold in the North American market and it should continue for some time.

Alex Spektor, Senior Analyst at Strategy Analytics, said, "Apple completely dominates the North American tablet market, capturing 80 percent share of 7.5 million shipments during Q2 2011. Apple remains a long way ahead of its main rivals such as Motorola, Samsung, RIM, Asus and HTC. A combination of cool branding, user-friendly hardware, entertaining services and savvy retail distribution has made Apple a formidable market leader."

The history, current topics and videos for the Apple iPad can be read here and 3G will continue to cover the iPad of course.