Saturday, June 7, 2003
HP #1 Handheld Maker in Asia-Pacific
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 02:00 PM
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2135696,00.html
"Despite relatively slack demand over the past year, HP has increased its iPaq sales and gained market share to become number one in Asia. Compared with the same period last year, HP gained 28 percent in market share in first quarter 2003, while Palm slipped 34 percent over the same period. Overall, HP chalked up 70,365 in units shipped first quarter 2003 -- up from 55,135 over the same period last year -- while Palm shipped 56,410 units, down from 86,000 the year before."
Most of the sales were to consumers and the full range of iPAQs available, ranging from the low priced 1910, the midrange 3900 and finally the high end 5400 helped HP gain share. Approximately 15% of the sales were to IT departments, a segment that is expected to increase as the economy improves.
So, who was the big loser? "The systems losing the most ground to Windows? Not Palm OS, but proprietary systems used in low-cost products from firms based in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, which have also suffered the brunt of the drop in demand that caused the PDA market shrink 22 percent in unit shipments compared with the same period last year, according to Gartner." Windows CE based products, including those that run the Pocket PC OS run on nearly 50% of all handhelds in the Asia-Pacific area.
"Despite relatively slack demand over the past year, HP has increased its iPaq sales and gained market share to become number one in Asia. Compared with the same period last year, HP gained 28 percent in market share in first quarter 2003, while Palm slipped 34 percent over the same period. Overall, HP chalked up 70,365 in units shipped first quarter 2003 -- up from 55,135 over the same period last year -- while Palm shipped 56,410 units, down from 86,000 the year before."
Most of the sales were to consumers and the full range of iPAQs available, ranging from the low priced 1910, the midrange 3900 and finally the high end 5400 helped HP gain share. Approximately 15% of the sales were to IT departments, a segment that is expected to increase as the economy improves.
So, who was the big loser? "The systems losing the most ground to Windows? Not Palm OS, but proprietary systems used in low-cost products from firms based in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China, which have also suffered the brunt of the drop in demand that caused the PDA market shrink 22 percent in unit shipments compared with the same period last year, according to Gartner." Windows CE based products, including those that run the Pocket PC OS run on nearly 50% of all handhelds in the Asia-Pacific area.
