Apple’s iPad garnered 85 percent of the tablet market share in 2010, according to new research released on Wednesday.

[ad#Google Adsense 300×250 in story]ABI Research said that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab came in second place with a distant 8 percent market share. Archos’s Internet Tablet came in with just 2 percent of the market.

Those three companies account for 95 percent of the total tablet market share.

“Many new entrants are looking to differentiate themselves from the $600+ ASP of the iPad, so low-feature and low-cost designs will become common,” said ABI’s Jeff Orr. “We expect between 40 and 50 million media tablets to ship worldwide in 2011.”

Of course, there are many new tablets coming in 2011. Motorola’s Xoom and RIM’s PlayBook are among the new entries that could take small amounts of market share this year.