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Old 07-26-2002, 05:24 PM
Ed Hansberry
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Originally Posted by fundmgr90210
Palm OS units will also be able to utilize chips from Motorola as well
That's right - the new Dragonball MX1 - an ARM chip.
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1) I don't believe Treo's are being counted as PDA's in the IDC survey (I could be wrong on this however);
It is included.
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2) More importantly though, I'm sure that current inventory of Palm OS units is suffering at the expense of those consumers waiting for an OS 5.0 device that is just around the corner. If OS 5.0 devices come out in time, I fully expect to see a 3% to 5% gain in market share this time next year.
Definitely true. We saw Pocket PC's dive in the 2-3 months preceeding PPC 2002's launch. However, this one is a 6-9 month dive before OS5 devices launch.
 
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