Recently released GfK Asia retail audit figures on laptop and tablet sales in Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines and Vietnam highlight the rapid growth in tablet computer sales in South East Asia.

In the period January to September 2012, sales of both tablets and laptops concurrently surged against the previous year both in volume (26% increase) and value (12% increase), but the lion’s share of this increase was driven by increases in the sale of tablets which more than doubled. Last year tablet computers comprised only 19% of the overall (tablet/laptop combined) market and now they make up a third.

And it’s not all about the iPad either. Far from it in fact. In the regions two biggest markets, Malaysia and Indonesia (together with Thailand comprise 70% of total region consumption) Android tablets now dominate sales, with a 72% market share.

So the clear message here is that you guys really like your tablets – with Android devices emerging as a favorite.

This trend seems to have been noticed by live casinos in the region as a growing number are advertising that their live games can be played on tablet computers…Android tablets in particular.

But as with all things web, you are going to run into compatibility issues depending on what tablet you have and what software (OS) version you are running.

Where can I play live games on my iPad?

Plenty of you still have iPads and are looking for live games that are iPad compatible. Unfortunately there aren’t many, due to the fact that Apple’s iOS has never supported Adobe Flash and most live casino games are presented using Flash.

Leading live casino software company Evolution Gaming recently announced that they had developed HTML5 games for iPad and these games are gradually being launched at some of the casinos using their software. 888 Casino, one of their major licensees, should have live roulette, live blackjack and live baccarat for iPad before the end of the year. Blue Square casino has live roulette for iPad available for players right now.

Where can I play live games on my Android tablet?

Most Android tablets do let you run Adobe Flash, and will therefore allow you to play live casino games.

Note I said most and not all. Android versions up to 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) do allow for Flash play. The latest Android operating systems (4.1 Jelly Bean), which comes pre-installed on latest release tablets (from about August 2012) does not allow for Flash play.

Provided you have an older tablet that is Adobe Flash compatible (see list below) and you haven’t upgraded the OS to 4.1, then you should be able to play live casino games at:

• M88 – probably a good place to start because they’ve optimized their Club M88 live games for Android devices
• Bodog88 – their Grand Bodog Casino games play just fine on Android tablets with Flash
• 888 Casino – live games work nicely on your tablet.

The full list of Flash Player certified Android Tablets which allow for live casino game play.