Friday, January 30, 2004
PDA Shipments Drop 5.3%, HP Experiences Explosive Growth
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 09:00 AM
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/4550.html
"Gartner congratulated Hewlett-Packard for its wide range of new models in 2003, and palmOne for its successful Tungsten T3. However, it noted that the majority of demand lay with low-end models, perhaps due to price-pressure from Dell and other vendors. palmOne's market share slipped from 54.8% in 2002 to just 43.4% in 2003, marking the biggest decline in numbers. After RIM, Dell and HP posted the strongest growth."
Other reports from IDC show HP growing 101.5% over 2002 on the success of their new iPAQ lines. Remember that most of the new devices weren't available until July or even later after the June release of Windows Mobile 2003.
"Gartner congratulated Hewlett-Packard for its wide range of new models in 2003, and palmOne for its successful Tungsten T3. However, it noted that the majority of demand lay with low-end models, perhaps due to price-pressure from Dell and other vendors. palmOne's market share slipped from 54.8% in 2002 to just 43.4% in 2003, marking the biggest decline in numbers. After RIM, Dell and HP posted the strongest growth."
Other reports from IDC show HP growing 101.5% over 2002 on the success of their new iPAQ lines. Remember that most of the new devices weren't available until July or even later after the June release of Windows Mobile 2003.
