Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Pocket PC Closes Gap On Palm OS in Japan
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 10:00 AM
http://www.gartner.co.jp/press/pr20030328-02.html
The Pocket PC went from 16.3% marketshare in Japan to 28.3% from 2001 to 2002. Windows CE stayed relatively stable at 20.7% versus 20.1% in 2001. Palm dropped from 37.0% to 30.8%. That means Microsoft has 49.0% of the Japanese market between the Pocket PC and Windows CE devices.
PDA/HandheldPC Japan Market Share in 2002 (Note: I modified the chart horizontally to fit on the screen)
Proprietary operating systems are taking a hit too as they got cut in half from 26.1% to 13.4% during the same period.
Total shipments were 680,000 units, down 21%. The next chart I created using percentages above and other unit data given.
Items in yellow were given, other numbers calculated
Even in a 21% down market, Pocket PCs increased absolute volume 37%. The surge in "other" operating systems is primarily the shift to Linux away from proprietary systems by Sharp.
The Pocket PC went from 16.3% marketshare in Japan to 28.3% from 2001 to 2002. Windows CE stayed relatively stable at 20.7% versus 20.1% in 2001. Palm dropped from 37.0% to 30.8%. That means Microsoft has 49.0% of the Japanese market between the Pocket PC and Windows CE devices.
PDA/HandheldPC Japan Market Share in 2002 (Note: I modified the chart horizontally to fit on the screen)
Proprietary operating systems are taking a hit too as they got cut in half from 26.1% to 13.4% during the same period.
Total shipments were 680,000 units, down 21%. The next chart I created using percentages above and other unit data given.
Items in yellow were given, other numbers calculated
Even in a 21% down market, Pocket PCs increased absolute volume 37%. The surge in "other" operating systems is primarily the shift to Linux away from proprietary systems by Sharp.
