Wednesday, November 5, 2003
One Hundred Million (100,000,000) Smartphones and Pocket PCs by 2007
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 08:00 PM
http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=126245&liFlavourID=1&sp=1
"Microsoft has set a target to sell 100 million personal digital assistants and smart phones running Windows by 2007. The goal was set by Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer for the company's Windows Mobile unit, and shows that Microsoft is serious about this market, said Douglas Dedo, marketing manager for Windows Mobile at Microsoft."
Granted, a lot of those will be Smartphones, but many here have started claiming that MS doesn't care about the Pocket PC. I think this shows otherwise. Only the market will tell in the future if there is room for the PDA, which really falls into an argument about semantics. Is it still a "Pocket PC" if it is clamshell, has a cell phone radio built in but retains a touch screen? Maybe that is a Smartphone, maybe that is a hybrid. Either way, it is a device that allows for data centric users that today's Pocket PC targets.
Did you say 100 million?
The other interesting tidbit mentioned was Pocket PC sales. "Windows-based PDAs in the first half of 2003 grew 32% over the previous year to 1.95 million, according to Gartner." 1.95 million units and there is only one week of Windows Mobile 2003 devices in that. 8O
"Microsoft has set a target to sell 100 million personal digital assistants and smart phones running Windows by 2007. The goal was set by Microsoft chief executive officer Steve Ballmer for the company's Windows Mobile unit, and shows that Microsoft is serious about this market, said Douglas Dedo, marketing manager for Windows Mobile at Microsoft."
Granted, a lot of those will be Smartphones, but many here have started claiming that MS doesn't care about the Pocket PC. I think this shows otherwise. Only the market will tell in the future if there is room for the PDA, which really falls into an argument about semantics. Is it still a "Pocket PC" if it is clamshell, has a cell phone radio built in but retains a touch screen? Maybe that is a Smartphone, maybe that is a hybrid. Either way, it is a device that allows for data centric users that today's Pocket PC targets.
Did you say 100 million?
The other interesting tidbit mentioned was Pocket PC sales. "Windows-based PDAs in the first half of 2003 grew 32% over the previous year to 1.95 million, according to Gartner." 1.95 million units and there is only one week of Windows Mobile 2003 devices in that. 8O
