Windows Mobile Takes Over As RIM Shifts To Smartphones

Written by Adam Gosling

Thursday, 24 May 2007

Page 3 of 3 Worldwide: Preliminary PDA Vendor Shipment Estimates, 1Q07 (Units) Company 1Q07 Shipments 1Q07 Market Share (%) 1Q06 Shipments 1Q06 Market Share (%) 1Q06-1Q07 Growth (%) Research In Motion 928,239 18.1 929,883 25.3 -0.2 Mio Technology 567,967 11.1 216,728 5.9 162.1 Samsung 451,000 8.8 2,150 0.1 20876.7 Sharp 436,450 8.5 249,380 6.8 75.0 Nokia 319,100 6.2 157,150 4.3 103.1 Others 2,423,089 47.3 2,114,009 57.6 14.6 Total 5,125,845 100.0 3,669,300 100.0 39.7 Note: Excludes smartphones, such as Treo 750 and BlackBerry 81xx, but includes cellular PDAs such as BlackBerry 87xx. Source: Gartner Dataquest (May 2007) Worldwide: Preliminary PDA Vendor Shipment Estimates by Operating System, 1Q07 (Units) Company 1Q07 Shipments 1Q07 Market Share (%) 1Q06 Shipments 1Q06 Market Share (%) 1Q06-1Q07 Growth (%) Windows CE 3,184,703 62.1 1,937,667 52.8 64.4 Research In Motion 928,239 18.1 929,883 25.3 -0.2 Palm OS 314,353 6.1 489,220 13.3 -35.7 Symbian 288,000 5.6 132,000 3.6 118.2 Linux 33,400 0.7 43,530 1.2 -23.3 Others 377,150 7.4 137,000 3.7 175.3 Total 5,125,845 100.0 3,669,300 100.0 39.7 Note: Excludes smartphones, such as Treo 750 and BlackBerry 81xx, but includes cellular PDAs such as BlackBerry 87xx. Source: Gartner Dataquest (May 2007) More information on the IT services market is available in the Gartner report "Quarterly Statistics: Windows Mobile Licensees Propel PDA Market to 39.7% Growth in 1Q07" The report is available on Gartner's Web site at http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=506122&subref=simplesearch. Related news items Fujitsu Siemens To Give Up On PDAs -13/08/2007 Dell Options Mobility Or Grunt -03/07/2007 A High Price To Pay For Coffee – Wireless Hotspots Can Cost Thousands -07/08/2006 Nokia Expands Nseries Range -26/04/2006 Newer news items N95 Update Adds Three Hours Playback -03/12/2007 Opera Makes Mobile Surfing Easier -30/10/2007 BlackBerry Gets A New Browser -03/09/2007 iPhone Gets Enterprise Credibility -16/07/2007 The One PIM To Rule Them All -25/06/2007 Older news items BlackBerry For Windows Mobile -23/04/2007 Yahoo!, Outlook the Easiest For Mobile Users -13/03/2007 Motorola Takes On RIM: Hurts Palm -13/11/2006 Sony Ericsson Takes Control Of Symbian Interface -07/11/2006 LG Follows Carriers To iFollow -05/09/2006 Tag This Now: << Start < Prev 1 2 3 Next > End >>