PDA shipments near record levels

**Iria** · Aug 2, 2005, 07:36 PM

Falling prices and wireless connectivity have breathed new life into the PDA market, with sales so far this year on pace to surpass their high-water mark in 2001.

According to a report by Gartner, worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants totaled 3.6 million units in the last three months, a 32 percent jump from the same period last year. The market is now on track to reach 15 million units shipped by the end of 2005, Gartner analysts said. If that happens, it would surpass the previous record of 13.2 million PDAs shipped in 2001.

The study also found that Windows CE is the operating system of choice for business-minded road warriors. The underlying software accounted for 46 percent of worldwide shipments in the second quarter of 2005, followed by RIM with 23.2 percent of the PDA software shipped. PalmSource's 18.8 percent share rounded out the top three.
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YAYitsAndrew · Aug 2, 2005, 08:59 PM

It'll blow over. Most people don't need pda's and their first purchase will teach them that.

Then there's the people who need a pda but will wish they never had one because now nowhere is safe from their 24/7 emails.

FDM80 · Aug 3, 2005, 07:11 AM

I've been using my ipaq 3670 for maybe 4-5 years now. It was the first color pocketpc on the market (only 12-bit color). It doesn't have wifi or any of that stuff in it. I have a 2GB flash card to use with it. It can only run PPC2002. There is no OS that will run on it above that. It's main use for me is I put it in my car and use it as my GPS. Personally I still don't see a reason to upgrade to a newer one.