Thursday, September 18, 2003
Pocket PC Overtakes Palm in Australia
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "THE COMPETITION" @ 05:00 AM
http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=642181845&fp=2&fpid=1
Looks like the Pocket PC has garnered 52.1% of marketshare down under, surpassing Palm's 46.6%. The balance was split between devices running Linux or Windows CE without the Pocket PC user interface.
“Palm is still a strong vendor but its operating system slipped to number two because of the number of other players that have chosen to run on the Pocket PC OS. Acer offers a choice but Dell, HP and Toshiba have all gone with Pocket PC.”
Converged device share grew from 6.7% of total mobile devices to 15.9%. Right now, Symbian has just over 80% of that market. I suspect we'll see that change over the next 18 months as devices like the Treo 600 and Smartphone 2003 devices start shipping. Throw some shrimp on the barbie for me, ok? :D
Looks like the Pocket PC has garnered 52.1% of marketshare down under, surpassing Palm's 46.6%. The balance was split between devices running Linux or Windows CE without the Pocket PC user interface.
“Palm is still a strong vendor but its operating system slipped to number two because of the number of other players that have chosen to run on the Pocket PC OS. Acer offers a choice but Dell, HP and Toshiba have all gone with Pocket PC.”
Converged device share grew from 6.7% of total mobile devices to 15.9%. Right now, Symbian has just over 80% of that market. I suspect we'll see that change over the next 18 months as devices like the Treo 600 and Smartphone 2003 devices start shipping. Throw some shrimp on the barbie for me, ok? :D
