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Originally Posted by Gerard
As awareness of mobile internet access for browsing and email becomes ever more wide spread, expect interest in the larger-screened PDAs to increase. It may be a bumpy line on the graph, but I suspect it'll rise in the longer run.
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I agree, and IDC ( fwiw ) seems to be leaning in the same direction in their ' forecast.'
"A decline in shipments following the holiday quarter is expected of mature markets, and the handheld devices market is no different. After nine consecutive quarters of year-over-year decline, many are wondering how long this trend will continue, and whether the market will see a reverse," says Ramon Llamas, research analyst with IDC's Mobile Markets team.
"IDC believes that the market will eventually hit a size where the rate of year-over-year decline will slow to a sustainable level. That size has yet to be determined, but will be sustained by the core users of handheld devices as well as the enhancements found on these devices."
http://www.electricnews.net/news.html?code=9682743
Very interesting podcast and discussion gents, thanks! I've been wondering for awhile what Jason's thought were on this issue, now I know. 8)