Wednesday, August 3, 2005
PDA Sales Reach Record Levels
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "NEWS" @ 03:00 AM
http://news.com.com/PDA+shipments+near+record+levels/2100-1047_3-5815873.html?tag=nefd.top
"According to a report by Gartner, worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants totaled 3.6 million units in the last three months, a 32 percent jump from the same period last year. The market is now on track to reach 15 million units shipped by the end of 2005, Gartner analysts said. If that happens, it would surpass the previous record of 13.2 million PDAs shipped in 2001. The study also found that Windows CE is the operating system of choice for business-minded road warriors. The underlying software accounted for 46 percent of worldwide shipments in the second quarter of 2005, followed by RIM with 23.2 percent of the PDA software shipped. PalmSource's 18.8 percent share rounded out the top three."
This includes wireless devices but not smarthones, so the iPAQ 6315 is included, the Treo isn't. Go figure.
"According to a report by Gartner, worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants totaled 3.6 million units in the last three months, a 32 percent jump from the same period last year. The market is now on track to reach 15 million units shipped by the end of 2005, Gartner analysts said. If that happens, it would surpass the previous record of 13.2 million PDAs shipped in 2001. The study also found that Windows CE is the operating system of choice for business-minded road warriors. The underlying software accounted for 46 percent of worldwide shipments in the second quarter of 2005, followed by RIM with 23.2 percent of the PDA software shipped. PalmSource's 18.8 percent share rounded out the top three."
This includes wireless devices but not smarthones, so the iPAQ 6315 is included, the Treo isn't. Go figure.
