Tuesday, October 21, 2003
HP Takes The Lead In Europe/Middle East/Africa In Third Quarter
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 05:00 AM
http://www.canalys.com/pr/r2003101.htm
HP took the lead in the third quarter of 2003 by selling just over 200,000 units. Second place Palm sold 186,000. Also of note is that the handheld/data centric market grew faster than the smartphone market did. Sales of data centric devices grew 34% over the same quarter last year while voice centric devices grew just 22%.
"Palm usually performs well in Q4," added analyst Rachel Lashford, "So HP should not take this leadership position for granted, however, with the iPAQ h1900 and h2200 series, HP now has a much stronger consumer offering. There will also be several new smart phone and handheld launches in the run up to Christmas, which will all make for an exciting quarter in terms of potential shifts in market share."
Of note this quarter is Dell grew to be large enough to be shown separate from the "Other" category while Sony shrank just enough to be included in "Other."
You can read about the second quarter 2003 performance in this thread to refresh your memory and see how the market moved in the past 3 months.
HP took the lead in the third quarter of 2003 by selling just over 200,000 units. Second place Palm sold 186,000. Also of note is that the handheld/data centric market grew faster than the smartphone market did. Sales of data centric devices grew 34% over the same quarter last year while voice centric devices grew just 22%.
"Palm usually performs well in Q4," added analyst Rachel Lashford, "So HP should not take this leadership position for granted, however, with the iPAQ h1900 and h2200 series, HP now has a much stronger consumer offering. There will also be several new smart phone and handheld launches in the run up to Christmas, which will all make for an exciting quarter in terms of potential shifts in market share."
Of note this quarter is Dell grew to be large enough to be shown separate from the "Other" category while Sony shrank just enough to be included in "Other."
You can read about the second quarter 2003 performance in this thread to refresh your memory and see how the market moved in the past 3 months.
