Sales of Handhelds Worldwide Slip
There were 2.8 million PDAs of all types shipped worldwide during the second quarter of this year, which is down 21% from the previous quarter, according to a survey by Gartner Dataquest. Palm continued to hold the lead in both the United States and the entire world.
Shipments of Palm handhelds made of 32% of the worldwide market. However, there was a significant drop from the previous quarter, down from 50%. Compaq was number two with 16%, rising from 8%. Handspring dropped to 11% from 16%.
H-P was next with a 7.5% share, up from 4%. Research in Motion was fifth with a 4.1% share, down from 4.6% in the first quarter.
It was a slightly different story in the United States. Palm has 40% of the U.S. market, while Handspring had 17%. Compaq was third with a 16% share. Next was HP at 8.4% and RIM rounded out the top five with 8.2%.
The U.S. market accounts for about half the PDAs sold in the world.
These numbers are for shipments from manufacturers to dealers rather than handhelds sold to businesses or consumers. Because Palm started the quarter with a lot of excess inventory, the company didn't ship as many units as competitors. Therefore, these numbers might not necessarily reflect actual sales. This was also the time after the m500 series had been announced and before it was shipping in quantity.
Compaq's numbers were higher worldwide than in the U.S. because they have taken a strong foothold in Europe. Sony was still absent from the list as the N710C only began shipping at the beginning of June.
The retail sales numbers for the month of June are significantly different. Handhelds running the Palm OS were 84.5% of the U.S. retail market, down about a percentage point from the previous month, according to NPD Intelect. The total of the Pocket PC and Windows CE share was only 8.8%, dropping from 9.5% the previous month.
Recently, many have begun to suggest that Gartner has a pro-Microsoft slant. Please keep this in mind when reading this article. -Ed
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RE: Begun to suggest?
Ed..
RE: Ed..
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I've asked Hal to take it off or change the link but I haven't had any response yet.
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Palm Had the Seven Top Sellers
- "Even though Palm released the m505 right at the end of the second quarter, (the product) was still the No. 4" seller at retail for the quarter, [NPD analyst Stephen] Baker said. In fact, he added, Palm had "the seven top sellers" during the second quarter.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-202-6792981.html
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No credibility
Take a look at their past practice: If the Microsoft glass is at half, they will say that it's almost to the top (if you put it in a long stem wine glass and measure the height of the glass), then they will add a cube of ice and a little umbrella, and declare they are taking over the world. If the Palm OS glass is at half, they will report that it's almost empty, the glass is dirty, and then spit in it.
Compaq, H-P Have Inventory Glut
RE: Compaq, H-P Have Inventory Glut
Palm can only afford a couple mis-steps (like too much inventory, etc.), while M$ can dump gazillions of dollars into PPC and hardly blink.
Look at Netscape. M$ GAVE their browser away for free. How could Netscape compete with that???
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Begun to suggest?
>a pro-Microsoft slant. Please keep this in mind when >reading this article. -Ed
Recently? Gartner has been banging Microsoft's gong for years. They've been shoving distorted Windows vs. Mac statistics for a long time, as one example. Why should it be any different on the handheld side?