July 27th, 2005
Handheld device market down 20.8% in Q2 2005
The worldwide market for handheld devices experienced its sixth consecutive quarter of year-over-year decline in Q2 2005. According to IDC, device shipments decreased 20.8% compared to Q2 2004 and fell 24.9% sequentially in Q2 2005 to 1.7 million units.
| Handheld device market in Q2 2005 | ||||
| Q2 2005 | Q2 2004 | |||
| Vendor | Shipments | Share | Shipments | Share |
| Palm | 638,376 | 36.5% | 924,364 | 41.8% |
| HP | 321,928 | 18.4% | 530,239 | 24.0% |
| Acer | 199,921 | 11.4% | 28,228 | 1.3% |
| Dell | 179,200 | 10.2% | 153,000 | 6.9% |
| Yakumo | 58,000 | 3.3% | 13,000 | 0.6% |
| Other | 352,448 | 20.1% | 561,029 | 25.4% |
| Total | 1,749,873 | 100.0% | 2,209,860 | 100.0% |
| Source: IDC | ||||
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