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Palm's loss was everyone else's gain. The rest of the top five all gained at least a bit. For example, Handspring's share of the market was 15%, up just 1%, for a total of 735 thousand units.
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Let's take it to PPC for a change!
http://www.wiredguy.com/forums/showthread.php?s=b258b3d592f1fb378101ec13fd2f200c&threadid=511
Opposite of last week story?
*sigh*. You can't trust any of this stuff.
RE: Opposite of last week story?
In my opinion, the previous story gives a more accurate view because it includes all handhelds shipped anywhere to anyone. Retail sales figures ignore online, direct, and enterprise sales.
Just in case, here's a link to the other story being referred to:
www.palminfocenter.com/view_Story.asp?ID=2870
p.s. I tried, but I can't get through this without quoting Mark Twain: "There are lies, damn lies, and statistics."
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RE: Opposite of last week story?
Marketshare vs actual no. of units sold.
71% of that = 2.56 mio. units
Versus 58& in 2001 = 2.84 mio units.
That is still a 10% increase in overall units, despite a market share drop.
I know, market share is important however, nevertheless Palm managed to sell more units overall despite the influx of competitors.
Considering Palm has only 'inferior products' (not my personal opinion), this does not look all that bad. More like the fact that there are a lot of people wanting to buy 'inferior products'. 2.8 million people can't all be stupid/ignorant.
Sony will take over as number as soon as the end of December
The real story finally
RE: The real story finally
"At 36% increase over the previous year, the previous year looks like 3.6 million units sold (give or take a few).
71% of that = 2.56 mio. units
Versus 58& in 2001 = 2.84 mio units.
That is still a 10% increase in overall units, despite a market share drop.
I know, market share is important however, nevertheless Palm managed to sell more units overall despite the influx of competitors."
RE: The real story finally
RE: The real story finally
RE: The real story finally
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Internet and Corporate Sales?
RE: Internet and Corporate Sales?
And "Palm US Market Share Slips a Bit in 2001"
A BIT? Hello? From 71-58% - that is an 18% drop in share position. And their increase on units sold came at the expense of profits - average prices now well below $200 vs the mid $250 range in 2000. What a joke. Palm is dead. Only Sony can save the OS now.
RE: Internet and Corporate Sales?
RE: Internet and Corporate Sales?
Sorry, you are off on Compaq's sales. It sold about a quarter of that number. According to recent figures for total numbers of handhelds shipped worldwide (not just retail sales), Compaq shipped 368 thousand handhelds last year. Palm shipped 1.63 million.
www.palminfocenter.com/view_Story.asp?ID=2870
> From 71-58% - that is an 18% drop in share position.
71 - 58 = 13
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RE: Internet and Corporate Sales?
When you calculate percentage change we don't just do it like this "Original%"-"New%".
the accurate equation should be
"Original%"-"New%"/"Original%"*100%
in this case it's -18.3%, so the change magnitude is 18.3%, direction is negative (down)
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