Friday, December 1, 2006
IDC Report Says Lack of New Devices Contribute to Continued Decline of Handheld Market
Posted by Paul Martin in "NEWS" @ 09:37 AM
"The worldwide market for handheld devices continued along its downward path during the third quarter of 2006. ...The absence of new models does not necessarily mean the end of the handheld market, however. "There are users who remain fiercely loyal to their handheld devices, and smaller niche users have emerged," [Ramon Llamas, research analyst for IDC's Mobile Markets team] added. ..."If usage for specific non-network tasks like self-education increase, we could expect an increase in shipments and possibly new devices that are optimized for particular tasks.""
IDC's Worldwide Handheld QView takes a look a the declining sales of non-phone handhelds and offers some analysis of Palm, HP, Dell, Mio and Sharp. So, our own Ed wonders whether the lack of new devices contributes to the continued decline of the handheld market OR whether the continued decline of the handheld market contributes to the lack of new devices. Your thoughts?
IDC's Worldwide Handheld QView takes a look a the declining sales of non-phone handhelds and offers some analysis of Palm, HP, Dell, Mio and Sharp. So, our own Ed wonders whether the lack of new devices contributes to the continued decline of the handheld market OR whether the continued decline of the handheld market contributes to the lack of new devices. Your thoughts?
