PDA shipments near record levels

waiting for Microsoft licensees.: Good as the market was, it could have been better, particularly in the US. Microsoft licensees already had the largest share of the market, but newer products in this category are key to making the whole market grow even faster.

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The study also found that Windows CE is the operating system of choice for business-minded road warriors. The underlying software accounted for 46 percent of worldwide shipments in the second quarter of 2005, followed by RIM with 23.2 percent of the PDA software shipped. PalmSource's 18.8 percent share rounded out the top three.
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Garner blames the stagnant U.S. market on the continuing decline in Palm OS PDA shipments and aging product lines among Microsoft licensees.

I don't think Microsoft is going to make the same mistakes as Palm did, nor allow their licensees to make such mistakes in the future, either.

Now that the challenge is in moving product and not in gaining a foothold for software, I think this will be a growth sector.; Posted by: Anton Philidor Posted on: 08/03/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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