04-23-2003, 10:00 PM
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Market Share Numbers For The First Quarter of 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1041-998047.html?tag=fd_top
Not a lot of details here but I am sure they will be forthcoming over the next few days.
� Palm still #1 with 36% of the market. 36% - isn't that about half of what it was in 1999?
� HP regained the #2 slot with 18% of the market. The new 1910 is credited with lifting HP up.
� Sony fell back to #3 with 16% of the market.
� Dell popped into existance in the #4 slot with 6.5% of the market.
� Toshiba is at #5 with 3.6%
� Handspring is at #7 with 2.9%. No clue who #6 is.
Update: PCWorld has some updated information with new numbers that allowed me to put this table together.
"Other" is basically a plug at the bottom since I only knew the top 4 OEM volumes and the totals, so Toshiba, Handspring, Handera, Casio and others are in there. All of the reports say the decline is 21.3% too, but no matter what calculator you use, going from 3.16M to 2.45M units is 22.5% decline no matter how you slice it, so somewhere the numbers in these reports are a bit off.
Bottom line is the market was down over 20% in volume. HP declined just 7% in volume by comparison and because of larger declines by competitors, it allowed HP to snag another 3% of market share. Dell's changes don't make any sense because they were non-existant last year, but they sold 159,000 units in the first quarter. Very impressive for basically one model and no retail presence. :way to go:
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04-23-2003, 10:20 PM
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Very interesting...! Does this give some indication that HP are stealing the 'I want my PDA small' market from Palm? Can Palm be best pleased at keeping the top spot largely due to sales of a dirt cheap (and therefore not as profitable for numbers sold) model?
I'm also curious to know if this article knows that the h1910 was HP's big gun - or if it is just an assumption...
Surprised to see Sony fall back - I would half expect them to stay at number two but at the expense of Palm...
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04-23-2003, 10:25 PM
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So
PalmOS = 55%
PPC = 29%
wheres the missing 20% or so?
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04-23-2003, 10:30 PM
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Symbian, Linux, other Pocket PC.
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04-23-2003, 10:38 PM
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6% for Dell is very impressive performance, considering they are (at the moment) a one product player in the mobile space.
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04-23-2003, 10:41 PM
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6% for Dell is very impressive performance, considering they are (at the moment) a one product player in the mobile space.
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Doubly so since they don't have a retail presence.
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04-23-2003, 10:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Duncan
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6% for Dell is very impressive performance, considering they are (at the moment) a one product player in the mobile space.
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Triply so since they've only been at it for five months. 
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04-23-2003, 10:47 PM
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Triply so since they've only been at it for five months.
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Quadruply so since they were touched with the ugly stick! 8)
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04-23-2003, 10:55 PM
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Where has this conversation gone to!!! 8O
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04-23-2003, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by ppcsurfr
Where has this conversation gone to!!! 8O
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The usual place. Off topic, and out of control. 0X :mrgreen:
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