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| The PDA Market Consolidates: A Review of Q2 2004 |
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The second quarter of this year saw market conditions
improve for the PDA industry. While the second quarter saw improvement over the
first, the major challenge for manufacturers remains finding ways to attract and
retain users to the market. In the next few months, marketing efforts will increase,
and new products will fight for Sony’s share of the market, and to attract new
users.
This report compiles research and analyses on the worldwide PDA market for
Q2 2004, in terms of unit shipments, vendor and operating system market shares.
The market research report provides profiles of major vendors and their most recent
products, and discusses market trends, opportunities and challenges.
In its coverage of the PDA market, In-Stat/MDR includes those products that
are focused on the consumer and corporate markets. Coverage will not include those
PDAs specifically designed for industrial or retail markets, “smartphone” products
that are sold only by wireless service providers or manufactured by a traditional
mobile phone manufacturer, or messaging products such as Research in Motion’s
(RIM).
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- Executive Summary
- Methodology
- State of the PDA Market:
Q2 2004 Summary
- Feature and Component Update
- Wireless
- VGA Resolution
- Global Positioning System
(GPS)
- Replaceable batteries
- Operating Systems
- Vendor Update
- Palm OS-Based
- Pocket PC (PPC)-Based (Windows
Mobile)
- Worldwide PDA Forecasts
- Worldwide PDA Unit Shipments
and Revenue
- Q2 2004 Worldwide Unit
Shipments
- Q2 2004 Worldwide Unit
Shipment Market Shares
- Revised Worldwide Unit
Shipment Forecast 2004-2008
- Table 1. Q2 2004 vs. Q2
2003 Unit Shipments By Vendor (Units in Thousands)
- Table 2. Worldwide PDA
Shipments 2003-2008 (Units in Millions)
- Figure 1. Garmin iQue 3200
- Figure 2. Dell Axim X30
- Figure 3. HP 4700 and rz1700
- Figure 4. PocketLoox v70
- Figure 5. Acer N30
- Figure 6. Q2 2004 Worldwide
PDA Shipment Market Share
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