Thursday, May 5, 2005
Worldwide PDA Sales Up Sharply
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 11:30 AM
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,120698,00.asp
"Worldwide PDA sales during the first quarter totaled 3.4 million units, compared to sales of 2.7 million during the same period last year, Gartner says. The 25-percent gain in shipments was the largest ever percentage gain for PDA sales during the first quarter, it says, noting that it did not count sales of smart phones, such as PalmOne's Treo 650."
It irritates me this line has been drawn that doesn't count a Treo as a PDA but rather as a smartphone. That is what pa1mOne calls it though, so I guess they want it classifed that way. :roll:
"On the software side, Microsoft's Windows CE operating system was the top PDA operating system during the first quarter, with a 46-percent share of the market." I need to dig up some posts that said MS would never surpass Palm's operating system. :devilboy:
Update: This article has an interesting quote. "We expect that palmOne will be adding other operating systems and setting more of its own direction, while PalmSource is redirecting itself toward Linux and smartphones." That Windows Mobile powered Treo can't be too far behind. :mrgreen:
"Worldwide PDA sales during the first quarter totaled 3.4 million units, compared to sales of 2.7 million during the same period last year, Gartner says. The 25-percent gain in shipments was the largest ever percentage gain for PDA sales during the first quarter, it says, noting that it did not count sales of smart phones, such as PalmOne's Treo 650."
It irritates me this line has been drawn that doesn't count a Treo as a PDA but rather as a smartphone. That is what pa1mOne calls it though, so I guess they want it classifed that way. :roll:
"On the software side, Microsoft's Windows CE operating system was the top PDA operating system during the first quarter, with a 46-percent share of the market." I need to dig up some posts that said MS would never surpass Palm's operating system. :devilboy:
Update: This article has an interesting quote. "We expect that palmOne will be adding other operating systems and setting more of its own direction, while PalmSource is redirecting itself toward Linux and smartphones." That Windows Mobile powered Treo can't be too far behind. :mrgreen:
