November 6th, 2005
Handheld market down 16.9% in Q3 2005
The worldwide market for handheld devices experienced its seventh consecutive quarter of YTY decline in Q3 2005. According to IDC, device shipments decreased 16.9% YTY and fell 8.8% sequentially in Q3 2005 to 1.6 mln units.
| Global handheld device market in Q3 2005 | |||||
| Q3 2005 | Q3 2004 | ||||
| Rank | Vendor | Shipments | Share | Shipments | Share |
| 1 | Palm | 569,388 | 33.8% | 736,481 | 36.4% |
| 2 | HP | 397,016 | 23.6% | 615,515 | 30.4% |
| 3 | Acer | 188,760 | 11.2% | 36,232 | 1.8% |
| 4 | Dell | 162,000 | 9.6% | 188,200 | 9.3% |
| 5 | Mio | 85,609 | 5.1% | 54,172 | 2.7% |
| Others | 282,780 | 16.8% | 393,552 | 19.4% | |
| Total | 1,685,553 | 100.0% | 2,024,152 | 100.0% | |
| Source: IDC | |||||
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