Monday, December 9, 2002
Compaq Overtakes Palm in Australian Market Share
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 09:00 AM
Compaq narrowly edged out Palm as the number one handheld in Australia in October, claiming 33.7% of the market versus Palm's 33.4%. The top 5 individual products were the iPAQ 3870, M515, iPAQ 3970, iPAQ 3850 and Toshiba e310.
Palm still leads the retail only sector with 4 of the top 5 products. "Mr Solyom said with Compaq and Palm entrenching themselves in the corporate and retail markets respectively, the market is beginning to split. "The market is beginning to show some polarity," he said. For Christmas, Palm should do proportionately better in the retail segment, he said, as a larger share of Compaq's sales come from the corporate sector."
Palm still leads the retail only sector with 4 of the top 5 products. "Mr Solyom said with Compaq and Palm entrenching themselves in the corporate and retail markets respectively, the market is beginning to split. "The market is beginning to show some polarity," he said. For Christmas, Palm should do proportionately better in the retail segment, he said, as a larger share of Compaq's sales come from the corporate sector."
