Handheld Sales Figures for February Released
For the benefit of those who follow the competition between the handheld makers like sports fans follow the NCAA basketball tournment, PCData has released the retail sales figures for the handheld market for February. Palm still holds a commanding lead with 59% of the market but it dropped two points since January. Handspring was the company that grabbed them, moving to 28% of the market from 26%. Sony has 2%. That means devices running the Palm OS made up 89% of the handhelds sold at retail stores. HandEra doesn't appear on this list because the TRGpro is only available via the Web.
The PocketPC manufacturers didn't gain any ground during the month, holding steady at 9%. H-P had 4%; Compaq had 3%; and Casio had 2%.
The remaining 2% was held by all other handheld manufacturers.
It will be interesting to see how these figures look in a month or two, considering that all of the Palm OS companies and most of the PocketPC ones have either just released a new device or are about to.
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RE: YOU get YOUR facts straight...
The article clearly states that the time period is the month of February. Therefore, these figures tell us what the market share is for each of the companies in the Market during that month.
"Market Share" and "Installed Base" are not synonymous.
Prof. Bob
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(BTW, Pocket PC seems to have a tiny (9%) hold on the home market for the month, but what would be interesting is to dig into enterprise purchases, and to include Blackberry's in the standings as well. My killer PDA for the enterprise would be a Palm w/ multitasking, good color resolution, and always-on connectivity. The m505 gives me good enough color (the Clie really gives me what I want), the rumored m700 series gives me the connectivity. If they do a "m705" then I'm 2/3rds of the way there.)
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What Does This Mean?
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RE: What Does This Mean?
Since Most Palms sold are $150-$200 and most PPCs sold are ~ $500, it could be that PPC has 9% of revenues generated, but only ~ 3% of the units sold. Is that the case for February?
wait.....this is only for non mail order sales?
False!
--GrouchoMarx
do you know anything about new TRGPro handheld???
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Get your facts straight...
The bottom line is that the Palm OS is still kicking Pocket PC's virtual ass. ;-)