09-18-2003, 01:00 PM
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Pocket PC Overtakes Palm in Australia
http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=642181845&fp=2&fpid=1
Looks like the Pocket PC has garnered 52.1% of marketshare down under, surpassing Palm's 46.6%. The balance was split between devices running Linux or Windows CE without the Pocket PC user interface.
�Palm is still a strong vendor but its operating system slipped to number two because of the number of other players that have chosen to run on the Pocket PC OS. Acer offers a choice but Dell, HP and Toshiba have all gone with Pocket PC.�
Converged device share grew from 6.7% of total mobile devices to 15.9%. Right now, Symbian has just over 80% of that market. I suspect we'll see that change over the next 18 months as devices like the Treo 600 and Smartphone 2003 devices start shipping. Throw some shrimp on the barbie for me, ok? 
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09-18-2003, 02:03 PM
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Intellectual
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Re: Pocket PC Overtakes Palm in Austraila
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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
http://www.arnnet.com.au/index.php?id=642181845&fp=2&fpid=1
Throw some shrimp on the barbie for me, ok? |
Ed, this is a bit of a movie/tv beatup we actually prefer a nice 2 inch thick porterhouse steak!
As for the Palm OS i can't remember the last time i sold one of their devices
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09-18-2003, 02:25 PM
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ah,
good to see...
looks like the Aussies are good for something :wink: :wink:
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09-18-2003, 02:47 PM
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Asia 2003 survey
Some of the other key findings of Managing In Asia – Part III include:
� Almost three out of four respondents (73%) own a Nokia cell phone, followed by Motorola (22%) and Sony Ericsson (16%).
� Tastes in mobile phones differ by age. Younger respondents are more likely to have a Siemens phone, while more senior respondents, prefer the Motorola brand.
� Three out of four respondents carry a mobile phone, while 27% have an enhanced phone with an Internet link, and one in five have a PDA that can send and receive data wirelessly.
� PDAs with Bluetooth-type connectivity function are twice as popular as standard models.
� The number of people with combined camera phones averaged 10%. It was most popular with respondents in the Philippines, where 25% have them.
� Respondents polled in Japan revealed that as many people have Internet linked phones as standard ones. South Koreans also show a preference for net-linked phones.
http://www.feer.com/breaking_news/030918.html
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09-18-2003, 02:59 PM
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Re: Asia 2003 survey
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Originally Posted by clinte
� Almost three out of four respondents (73%) own a Nokia cell phone, followed by Motorola (22%) and Sony Ericsson (16%).
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Hmmm...
That makes up for 111 % of the market share - WOW !!!
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09-18-2003, 03:40 PM
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Re: Asia 2003 survey
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Some of the other key findings of Managing In Asia � Part III include:
� PDAs with Bluetooth-type connectivity function are twice as popular as standard models.
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hmm.. thats nice to see, the push for BT. Last year I was very frustrated with Nokia.. they kept putting FM Radios into cell phones rather then BT.
I decided to stick my old trusty T39m for longer and now theres a few more SonyEricsson phones out with BT, and more "other" brands coming with them. Really makes syncing contacts and data connection easier than IrDa on a PDA.
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09-18-2003, 04:07 PM
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Um, Ed...it's spelled Australia.
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09-18-2003, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by rapster
Um, Ed...it's spelled Australia.
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I was spelling it like we Southerners pronounce it. :wink:
I usually spell check my text but often forget to do that to the subject.
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09-18-2003, 11:13 PM
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Re: Asia 2003 survey
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Originally Posted by rhmorrison
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Originally Posted by clinte
� Almost three out of four respondents (73%) own a Nokia cell phone, followed by Motorola (22%) and Sony Ericsson (16%).
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That makes up for 111 % of the market share - WOW !!! |
That does seem awfully weird. However, the high penetrance of cell phones in Asia may have something to do with it. I lived in Hong Kong for 4 years and they say everyone owns a cell phone. That may as well be true because everyone from adults to students to elderly people to security guards. In fact I believe a survey found that there are more cell phones than people in Hong Kong and Hong Kong's population is over 7 million (I believe). That brings me to my point: many people have more than one phone. For a long time there were 2 or 3 old cell phones sitting in my home until we disposed of them somehow (I think we sold them).
I can only imagine it would be much crazier in Japan 8).
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09-18-2003, 11:38 PM
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:rock on dude!:
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