Comments on: Gartner Report Highlights Growing Smartphone Market

Worldwide shipments of PDAs and smartphones combined totaled 42.1 million units in the first half of 2006, a 57 percent increase from the same period last year, according to Gartner, Inc. Smartphone shipments bolstered the market growing 75.5 percent to reach 34.7 million units, more than four times the size of the PDA market. PDA shipments increased by 5.7 percent totaling 7.4 million units.

 Palm, dear old Palm. sigh What can we do to help?

VampireLestat @ 10/10/2006 5:50:33 AM #

Palm from 8% to 5%? :-(

It is more important than ever that Palm respect its handheld clientele.

Reinforce handheld sales with OLED, multi-radio 320x480 PDAs.

They better be announcing some kick ass handhelds on the 12th.

 RE: Palm, dear old Palm. sigh What can we do to help?

SeldomVisitor @ 10/10/2006 7:52:10 AM #

== "Worldwide shipments of PDAs and smartphones combined
== totaled...a 57 percent increase from the same period last year..."

> "Palm from 8% to 5%?..."

To put it in a slightly PALM-positive perspective, this means that PALM =increased= shipments since shipments went up 57% but PALM's =percent of that= decreased by only 37.5%.

Win!