Friday, April 30, 2004
Worldwide PDA Shipments Fall 12% - HP Shows Huge Growth
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 12:00 PM
http://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=pr2004_04_25_223538
"The worldwide market for handheld devices declined in the first quarter of 2004 due to seasonally sluggish demand and vendor re-focusing. According to IDC’s Worldwide Handheld QView, device shipments decreased 11.7% year-on-year in 1Q04 and dropped sequentially 33.1% to 2.2 million units."
Shipment Chart: Note that numbers in italics were derived by using statistics from a year old report. The IDC press release didn't have enough info to accurately calculate palmOne and "other" from 2003. Given I knew the totals, values for the other OEMs and some historical data to work with, they are close enough to use in this comparison.
Not only did HP gain significant market share in the first quarter of this year, they sold 24.8% more devices verses the same quarter last year. Dell showed slight growth. PalmOne showed a slight decline while Toshiba and Sony showed huge declines.
"The worldwide market for handheld devices declined in the first quarter of 2004 due to seasonally sluggish demand and vendor re-focusing. According to IDC’s Worldwide Handheld QView, device shipments decreased 11.7% year-on-year in 1Q04 and dropped sequentially 33.1% to 2.2 million units."
Shipment Chart: Note that numbers in italics were derived by using statistics from a year old report. The IDC press release didn't have enough info to accurately calculate palmOne and "other" from 2003. Given I knew the totals, values for the other OEMs and some historical data to work with, they are close enough to use in this comparison.
Not only did HP gain significant market share in the first quarter of this year, they sold 24.8% more devices verses the same quarter last year. Dell showed slight growth. PalmOne showed a slight decline while Toshiba and Sony showed huge declines.
