Smart Phone Market up 55%, PDA Market Down 22%
According to The Register, demand for PDAs is dropping while consumers’ appetite for smart phones - such as the Treo 650 and Treo 700w - is rising. Worldwide shipments of PDAs dropped 22% year-over-year in the first quarter, while shipments of smart phones rose 55%. The article explains:
Over 16.7m ’smart mobile devices’ were shipped worldwide in the first quarter of 2006, up 55 per cent on the same period a year ago. According to research from Canalys, the Asia-Pacific region has now overtaken Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) in sales of smart mobile devices. Asia-Pacific represented 46 per cent of all shipments during Q1 2006, compared to 39 per cent for EMEA and 15 per cent for the Americas. Canalys defines smart mobile devices as “handhelds, wireless handhelds and smartphones.” EMEA shipments of smart mobile devices rose 25 per cent year-on-year over the quarter. However, sales in Western Europe declined 10 per cent versus the same three-month period in 2005. During the quarter Palm posted slight growth and Canalys estimates that Treo smartphone shipments were up 44 per cent compared to a year ago. However, the firm said the Treo has yet to gain traction outside the US and, more worryingly, the firm experienced a sharp decline in handheld sales.
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re pda,,,maybe ,in order to increase sales ..they have to improve the quality of their products and lower the price.
re smart phones even though there was increase in sales ,improvements must still be done in terms of quality…so that there will be no drop on sales…ALL OF US ARE SHOUTING ” WI FI! WI FI! WI FI!”