Thursday, September 12, 2002
PDA Shipments Continue to Slide
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 02:10 PM
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,104870,tk,dn091102X,00.asp
Palm-OS based devices edge up a little, iPAQ/Jornada numbers trail by quite a bit. We need some OEM innovation! We need a new OS! We need....fuel cells.
"The number of handheld PDAs shipped worldwide declined 9.3 percent in the second quarter of 2002 compared with the same quarter last year, according to market researcher IDC. About 2.6 million PDAs were shipped in the second quarter, down from just under 2.9 million in the same quarter last year, IDC said in a release Tuesday...
...Palm held the largest share of the market in the second quarter of this year with 32.2 percent, up from 30.9 percent in the second quarter last year, IDC's research showed. Second were PDAs made by Hewlett-Packard with 16.5 percent, and third were PDAs made by Sony with 10 percent. Handspring with 6.5 percent and China-based manufacturer Hi-Tech Wealth Electronic Product with 4.6 percent were fourth and fifth respectively, according to IDC, based in Framingham, Massachusetts."
You can also check out the orignal IDC document.
Palm-OS based devices edge up a little, iPAQ/Jornada numbers trail by quite a bit. We need some OEM innovation! We need a new OS! We need....fuel cells.
"The number of handheld PDAs shipped worldwide declined 9.3 percent in the second quarter of 2002 compared with the same quarter last year, according to market researcher IDC. About 2.6 million PDAs were shipped in the second quarter, down from just under 2.9 million in the same quarter last year, IDC said in a release Tuesday...
...Palm held the largest share of the market in the second quarter of this year with 32.2 percent, up from 30.9 percent in the second quarter last year, IDC's research showed. Second were PDAs made by Hewlett-Packard with 16.5 percent, and third were PDAs made by Sony with 10 percent. Handspring with 6.5 percent and China-based manufacturer Hi-Tech Wealth Electronic Product with 4.6 percent were fourth and fifth respectively, according to IDC, based in Framingham, Massachusetts."
You can also check out the orignal IDC document.
