Palm OS Leads the U.S. Smartphone Market

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Leads.com Inc. Announces B2B Leads and
B2B Marketplace at Portal Site Entering
into the $105 Trillion B2B Market

Leads.com Inc. Announces B2B Leads and
B2B Marketplace at Portal Site Entering
into the $105 Trillion B2B Market 06/14/2004 02:07 AM
Our Telemarketing and Online Leads are no-call list approved and voice recorded. We have developed an online meta database to house leads and b2b exchange data in finance categories such as Mortgage - Real Estate - Insurance - Debt - Bankruptcy Credit Card - Time Share - Travel and development to have over 1000 b2b categories of leads. Affiliate sites include www.leads.com and www.buyerst.com [PRWEB Jun 14, 2004]

Samsung's new Palm smartphone

Samsung's new Palm smartphone 03/13/2003 12:53 PM

First smartphone running Palm's new OS 5. The SGH-i500 from Samsung has a clamshell design, a 65,000 color screen, 32MB of RAM, a built-in digital camera, and connects to GSM networks for voice and GPRS for data. The phone itself is nothing much to look at (just look at the keypad), but we hear good things about Palm OS 5.
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New Palm smartphone from GroupSense

New Palm smartphone from GroupSense 03/20/2003 08:30 AM

New Palm OS smartphone from GroupSense, a not very well-known name. There aren't a whole lot of details available about it, but it looks like it does have a built-in digital camera and is about the same size as regular cellphone.
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No Tablet PC, Palm, or Smartphone from
Dell

No Tablet PC, Palm, or Smartphone from
Dell 11/19/2003 11:48 AM
BargainPDA got to ask Dell CEO Michael Dell a few questions at COMDEX yesterday, and he confirmed that they're not planning to release a PDA running on the Palm operating system or a Tablet PC, and that a Smartphone isn't in Dell's immediate future. Read...

Kyocera 7135 SmartPhone (Palm OS)

Kyocera 7135 SmartPhone (Palm OS) 12/19/2002 09:28 AM
The Kyocera 7135 smartphone will be available from major United States carriers within 6 weeks and is currently available in...

Palm ups the stakes in the battle for
smartphone share

Palm ups the stakes in the battle for
smartphone share 02/19/2004 03:31 PM
Computer Shopper Feb 19 2004 8:17PM GMT

Smartphone Market shares

Smartphone Market shares 06/02/2004 12:53 AM

Just when you were thinking "I wonder what the market share of Smartphones is....." - here it is.

And with Russel beattie's analysis - to boot!

Smartphone Market Recap.

Palm Info Center has the results of the Canalys worldwide smartphone results for Q1. This has been big news this morning on just about every mobile news site there is. What I find most interesting is that this is the first time I've seen that Canalys has combined the mobile device numbers. I remember when I reported on the same sort of chart from last year and it was obvious that smart phones were outselling PDAs by large margin, but the numbers were on two different charts.

First, not to continue beating on poor Palm, but you can see by the numbers that Nokia is wooping PalmOne's ass. PalmOne's numbers include everything from the $79 Zires to their Treos and Nokia is still outselling them by almost double - and the cheapest Nokia smart phone costs at least $300. It's clear as day, even though the PDA market is increasing in real numbers, the percentages of mobile devices are dwindling fast (follow the link above for more on those numbers). Combine this with Sony's announcement today that they are suspending new development of Clies here in the U.S. (the other big news of the day) and you can see the writing on the wall.

Sony's news is definitely interesting as I've been betting on Sony buying PalmSource. Why? Well first, I read that Sony is interested, but secondly Sony is one of the only major device manufacturers without control over their own OS. I can't imagine that Sony likes paying Symbian for their OS on the P900s or PalmOS for their Clies. Now I wonder if this will still happen. Pulling Clies out of the market where Palms sell the best? Not a good sign. I'm sure it's another example where Sony has decided not to bet on a dwindling market - the same as the announcement not too long ago that they aren't going to be developing any more low-end digital cameras, instead ceding that market to mobile camera phones. Clies still will be developed in Japan where I guess they are still very popular, but I really wonder what Sony's long-term plan is for their device OS. PalmOS, Symbian, Linux, TRON? Something else? Not having their own means a clear risk of becoming a Dell-like commodity manufacturer. They must realize this.

Back to the chart above. I will say that I thought Nokia was selling a lot more phones. 1.6 million smart phones in 3 months isn't as nearly as high as I thought it would be. It's nothing to sneeze at, but in order for Symbian and Series 60 to become a mass market OS, those numbers need to increase exponentially. Nokia announced that they are shipping the 7610 as of today everywhere besides the U.S. (why?!?) but with a price around $699 - that's not going to help this situation.

There's two things I'm just outright ignoring in the report: regional discrepencies insales and Research In Motion. I think that as time goes by - even as quickly as the next year, we're going to see sales even out throughout the world. Basically, it'll be Symbian and then everyone else. Secondly, I have no idea what to make from Research In Motion. Their devices are still so proprietary and bulky... I just see them as a continuing niche player. That doesn't mean they'll disappear like Palm, they've got continuing revenues from any manufacturer who's device allows you to check email wirelessly, but in terms of actual devices I don't see the becoming anything but more segmented as time goes by.

Here's my thoughts on what's going to happen in the next 6 months. Ready? We're going to see Motorola go up the ranks considerably and we're going to see Samsung appear out of the "other" category. Why? Because both companies have licensed the various OSes and are going to be targeting Nokia's lead in the market with everything they've got. Windows Mobile 2003 does not suck, Moto's phones are not bad, and Samsung can crank them out. As competition increases in the smart phone market, all these numbers on the chart above are going to be continually in flux over the next year, and it should be very interesting to watch.

That said, the *next* chart I'd like to see is these numbers compared with Java-enabled multimedia capabile mobiles as well, just to see the discrepency in sales between what's happening at the "high-end" and what's happening with the mass-market. If this chart includes devices as low-powered as the Zires, then it seems ridiculous that more-than capable phones with PIM and messaging functionality like the Nokia 6800 aren't included as well.

I mean, really, that chart above is tracking 5 million of the 600+ million devices that are going to be sold this year. It's interesting, but its not anywhere near in perspective as it could be.

-Russ By weblog@russellbeattie.com. [Russell Beattie Notebook]

Sendo aims smartphone at Asian market

Sendo aims smartphone at Asian market 11/18/2003 08:11 AM
ZDNet UK Nov 18 2003 7:29AM ET

Symbian Likely To Lead Smartphone OS
Market Through End of Decade

Symbian Likely To Lead Smartphone OS
Market Through End of Decade 04/26/2004 10:10 AM
Despite inroads by Microsoft's Windows Mobile OS, which has demonstrated success with Motorola among other handset vendors recently, ABI Research believes that Symbian will continue to lead the market for cell phone standardized operating systems. In a market that is still driven by proprietary OS, on the order of 98% this year, Symbian, Microsoft and Linux are fighting over a small portion of the total handset market. But 2% of handsets shipped - essentially all handsets defined as "Smartphones" -- still amount to about 10 million handsets a year. And ABI Research predicts that Smartphones and connected PDAs will represent nearly a quarter of all handsets shipped by 2009.

Microsoft aims to lead smartphone market
within three years

Microsoft aims to lead smartphone market
within three years 06/24/2005 07:25 PM
The chief of Microsoft's mobile and embedded division is promising something that seems counterintuitive: a complex suite of features in a smart phone that's cheap and easy to use and in so doing take the lead in the smartphone market within three years. To date, Microsoft is well known for delivering on the first item, but not necessarily the second two, which is why some users have shunned Microsoft's mobile version of Windows and preferred operating systems from the likes of PalmSource Inc. and Symbian Ltd.

Sony Retreats from US Palm PDA Market

Sony Retreats from US Palm PDA Market 06/01/2004 07:25 AM

Ill tidings for the Palm world as Sony announces they will be withdrawing the Clie line from the US at least throughout the end of the year. Though Sony intends to honor all warranty and service agreements and to continue selling Clie in Japan, the retreat from market by the only other major PalmOS vendor besides PalmOne will have profound repercussions across the entire PDA market, despite Sony's insistence this is a "re-grouping" and not a total withdrawal from the market. BargainPDA's editors offer their opinions, and I'll quickly add mine after the jump.

Microsoft catches up to Palm in PDA OS
market

Microsoft catches up to Palm in PDA OS
market 05/03/2004 05:15 AM
Most PDA users were introduced to the device through the Palm OS, but Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE .Net operating system family has pulled into a virtual tie with the pioneering PDA OS, according to first-quarter market share information from Gartner Inc. PDA vendors shipped 1.11 million units with the Palm OS in the first quarter, down 21 percent from the first quarter of 2003, said Todd Kort, principal analyst with Gartner. Shipments of Windows devices increased 4.6 percent from last year's first quarter to 1.10 million units.

U.S. Leads Home Wi-Fi Market

U.S. Leads Home Wi-Fi Market 01/09/2004 09:52 PM
Around 50 million homes in Europe, the United States, and Asia will have Wi-Fi by 2007, according to report from BWCS: Today, about 5 million homes have Wi-Fi, and most of them are in the United States. Around the world, 23 percent of broadband homes should have Wi-Fi by 2007. While some analysts commenting on Magis' recent bankruptcy say the market isn't ready to connect various home electronics, this story sites IDC research that says the next phase of Wi-Fi development will come from connecting the computer, TV, cameras, and MP3 players. That sounds like the next logical step and a great extension of use of existing Wi-Fi networks....

IBM leads in China's PC market

IBM leads in China's PC market 09/15/2004 03:51 AM
Xinhua News Agency Sep 15 2004 8:09AM GMT

Report: Microsoft catches up to Palm in
PDA OS market

Report: Microsoft catches up to Palm in
PDA OS market 04/30/2004 03:06 PM
Most PDA (personal digital assistant) users were introduced to the device through the Palm OS, but Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE .Net operating system family has pulled into a virtual tie with the pioneering PDA OS (operating system), according to first-quarter market share information from Gartner Inc.

Report: IBM Leads Hosting Market with
27% Share

Report: IBM Leads Hosting Market with
27% Share 12/09/2003 06:16 PM
theWHIR Dec 9 2003 5:36PM ET

IBM leads shifting apps deployment
market, IDC says

IBM leads shifting apps deployment
market, IDC says 06/29/2004 03:36 PM
IBM Corp. continued to lead the market for application deployment software in 2003, but the field will become far more competitive as customers migrate away from IBM's mainframe and OS/400 systems, according to new figures released Tuesday by IDC.

Report: Microsoft Leads OLAP Market

Report: Microsoft Leads OLAP Market 01/01/2005 06:46 AM
ENT News Jan 1 2005 9:41AM GMT

IBM leads shifting apps deployment
market

IBM leads shifting apps deployment
market 06/30/2004 09:52 AM
Computer Weekly Jun 30 2004 2:08PM GMT

Apple leads in booming global MP3 market

Apple leads in booming global MP3 market 06/22/2005 01:54 AM
Apple is the leader in worldwide MP3 sales with 30.2 percent of the combined HDD and Flash-based MP3 market -- a market which recorded a revenue increase of 200 per cent to reach approximately $4.5 billion in 2004. In-Stat released a report today that cited falling prices, the availability of legitimate subscription and pay-per-download online music sites, smaller hard disk drives and increasing Flash memory capacities as reasons for the booming MP3 player market. "As competition heats up, vendors are striving to differentiate products by offering a wide range of price points, memory capacities and features," said Stephanie Guza, In-Stat analyst. "As a result, we are seeing increased segmentation. For example, the hard disk drive (HDD) digital audio player segment can be subdivided into two categories: the 1-inch or smaller segment and the 1.8-inch segment." In-Stat also says that survey data shows that the percentage of U.S. respondents owning a digital audio player has increased from 16% in 2001 to 25% in 2005.

COLT leads charge into internet voice
market

COLT leads charge into internet voice
market 04/14/2005 03:23 PM
The Times Apr 14 2005 5:45PM GMT

Bluesocket Leads Wi-Fi Market and
Announces Version 4.0 WLAN Software

Bluesocket Leads Wi-Fi Market and
Announces Version 4.0 WLAN Software 05/10/2004 11:08 PM
Wi-Fi Technology Forum May 11 2004 3:38AM GMT

Gartner: IBM tops database market, but
Oracle leads in Linux

Gartner: IBM tops database market, but
Oracle leads in Linux 05/27/2004 05:01 PM
Gartner Inc. reported that annual database sales rose by just over 5% last year, from $6.7 billion in 2002 to almost $7.1 billion. But much of that increase was due to changes in currency values, not higher demand.

NetScreen Leads in Security Appliance
Market Share Growth

NetScreen Leads in Security Appliance
Market Share Growth 01/05/2004 12:26 PM

Motorola Announces A780 Linux SmartPhone
and MPx220 Pocket PC SmartPhone

Motorola Announces A780 Linux SmartPhone
and MPx220 Pocket PC SmartPhone 07/27/2004 02:34 PM
bargainPDA.com Jul 27 2004 6:18PM GMT

Palm Tungsten and Palm Zire Handhelds
Continue to Gain Momentum in Education

Palm Tungsten and Palm Zire Handhelds
Continue to Gain Momentum in Education 10/30/2003 11:48 PM

NS Basic/Palm is Palm OS Cobalt Ready!

NS Basic/Palm is Palm OS Cobalt Ready! 02/19/2004 08:08 AM

LXE Continues to Gain Market Share in
the Fully Ruggedized Mobile Computing
Market

LXE Continues to Gain Market Share in
the Fully Ruggedized Mobile Computing
Market 09/08/2004 02:54 AM
LXE Inc., a leading manufacturer of rugged wireless computers that improve the performance of supply-chain execution applications, reports today that Venture Development Corporation’s recent Enterprise Mobility Report verifies LXE’s worldwide market share leadership position in the combined “fully rugged”, hand held and vehicle-mounted wireless computer category. [PRWEB Sep 8, 2004]

Video Streaming: Can You Say Magnify
That!? Who Will Capture Market Share in
this Exciting Emerging Market?

Video Streaming: Can You Say Magnify
That!? Who Will Capture Market Share in
this Exciting Emerging Market? 03/14/2005 05:24 PM
Video Streaming: Can You Say Magnify That!? Magnific’s Inc has released its 2nd Generation Cell Phone magnifier. This one will go hand in hand with the popular multi-media craze “ Video Streaming”. Favorite Sit-coms, Video Clips, Text messaging,Sports, News, Games and whatever your heart desires to watch while in limbo or experiencing the excitement of New Age Multi-Media Technology. [PRWEB Mar 10, 2005]

Research and Markets :Forecasts Indicate
Bahrain's Communications Market Will Be
Heavily Influenced By Competitive Market
Dynamics

Research and Markets :Forecasts Indicate
Bahrain's Communications Market Will Be
Heavily Influenced By Competitive Market
Dynamics 03/14/2005 05:59 PM
Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c13648) has announced the addition of Bahrain Communications Projections Report 2005 to their offering. [PRWEB Mar 14, 2005]

Market analyzer lowers global PC market
forecast for 2005

Market analyzer lowers global PC market
forecast for 2005 03/24/2005 01:48 PM
China Economic Net Mar 24 2005 4:06PM GMT

Revenue Assurance Market to Reach $432
million in 2008: Market’s Future Tied to
Next Generation Services Arrival

Revenue Assurance Market to Reach $432
million in 2008: Market’s Future Tied to
Next Generation Services Arrival 03/30/2005 04:36 AM
According to Dittberner Associates Inc., newest research the worldwide revenue assurance/cost management market will grow to US$432 million in 2008, from an estimated $396 million dollars in 2004. [PRWEB Mar 30, 2005]

Research And Markets - Broadband Rollout
In The Residential Market Will Remain
The Main Driver Of The Western European
WLAN Market

Research And Markets - Broadband Rollout
In The Residential Market Will Remain
The Main Driver Of The Western European
WLAN Market 12/19/2004 03:09 PM
Research and Markets (researchandmarkets.com/reports/c10903) has announced the addition of Western European WLAN Forecast, 2004-2008 to their offering. [PRWEB Dec 16, 2004]

Gartner: India's BPO market likely to
lose market share

Gartner: India's BPO market likely to
lose market share 08/30/2004 09:55 AM
BANGALORE, INDIA --India is likely to lose market share in offshore business process outsourcing (BPO), from its current 80 percent to about 55 percent by 2007, according to research firm Gartner Inc.

what is a smartphone

what is a smartphone 02/06/2005 03:13 AM
TechWhack Feb 6 2005 6:44AM GMT

PDA growth in the age of the smartphone

PDA growth in the age of the smartphone 10/29/2003 12:11 AM

A recent article in the Economist questions whether or not the PDA market will continue to grow in the face of competition from smartphones and other Web-enabled mobile devices.

Although final sales figures are not yet available, it seems very likely that sales of smartphones overtook sales of PDAs in the third quarter of this year.

The article echos the findings of an IDC press release from August 2003. Among their key findings:

• Worldwide units shipment of handheld devices will decrease by 8.4% in 2003.

•On the strength of improved form factors, platforms, component technology, and lower price points, converged mobile devices have become increasingly accessible to mass mobile phone user.

(via Slashdot )

Treo 600 Smartphone: $500

Treo 600 Smartphone: $500 12/16/2003 05:32 AM
Popular Mechanics Dec 16 2003 4:35AM ET

First EDGE smartphone for the US

First EDGE smartphone for the US 01/16/2004 10:57 AM
From Nokia, a new version of their 6600 smartphone designed for use with AT&T Wireless' new high-speed EDGE data network. The 6620 improves on the...

New Smartphone OS: Saveje OS

New Smartphone OS: Saveje OS 03/08/2004 11:19 PM
Just when we'd gotten comfortable with three different operating systems for our smartphones, SavaJe Technologies steps into the muck with their Java-based 'Savaje OS.' Lest...
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The New Treo 600 Smartphone

The New Treo 600 Smartphone 12/23/2003 05:01 AM
Popular Mechanics Dec 23 2003 4:41AM ET

First look at Motorola's next Smartphone

First look at Motorola's next Smartphone 12/26/2003 01:48 PM
MSMobiles has a photo of what is purportedly the next Microsoft Smartphone-powered cellphone from Motorola, the MPx100. Very few details available, but it looks like...

Mio launches MS smartphone in UK

Mio launches MS smartphone in UK 07/22/2004 04:24 AM
On paper - no hardware for '3-4' weeks...

Treo 600 Smartphone - $500

Treo 600 Smartphone - $500 12/23/2003 11:34 PM
Popular Mechanics Dec 23 2003 10:41PM ET

SmartPhone 2003 for MPx-200

SmartPhone 2003 for MPx-200 07/09/2004 03:27 AM
MSMobiles has a German SmartPhone 2003 ROM and Multi-Language Update (including American) for the MPx-200. As much as I want...

How to get an SPV E200 Smartphone

How to get an SPV E200 Smartphone 11/03/2003 11:08 AM
Really want one of those new SPV E200 Smartphones (the one with both Bluetooth and a built-in digital camera) that are coming out later this month, but don't happen to live in a country where Orange is a cellular carrier (they're the only carrier offering the phone)? It turns out you can get the very same phone from QTek, which is selling it as the 8080. The 8080 comes "unlocked," which means it'll work with almost any GSM carrier. Read...

24 Hours of SmartPhone

24 Hours of SmartPhone 12/17/2003 05:03 AM
For the moment I am replacing my Nokia 3650 with the Motorola MPx200. In theory the MPx200 is a loser...

SmartPhone 2003 for MPx-200?

SmartPhone 2003 for MPx-200? 04/09/2004 03:58 PM
msmobiles.com has pictures of an AT&T MPx-200 running SmartPhone 2003....

SmartPhone Follow-up

SmartPhone Follow-up 03/08/2004 11:25 PM
My first month with the MPx-200 was not as satisfying as the first 24 hours, entirely due to battery life....

Opera on MS Smartphone? Never!

Opera on MS Smartphone? Never! 03/13/2003 10:22 AM
According to ZDNet UK, Opera will never release their browser for Windows CE-based systems. "We think the browser will be...

Cingular's Smartphone

Cingular's Smartphone 12/08/2003 10:26 AM
Speaking of MiTAC, we're not sure whether Cingular knows about this or not, but Just-Talk has MiTAC's 8380 Smartphone (which has never ever been officially available in the US) for sale and are offering a $200 rebate for new service activation with Cingular. There is one major catch though: the users manual for the 8380 is in Chinese. Read...

i-Mate Smartphone 3

i-Mate Smartphone 3 08/31/2004 03:18 PM
I just got word from Sound Solutions that they'll be shipping the i-Mate SP3 from their UK office in mid-September...

A Symbian smartphone from LG?

A Symbian smartphone from LG? 12/13/2003 12:42 PM
Nothing official about this yet, but we're hearing that LG is close to announcing a version of its SC8000 smartphone running on the Symbian...

TCL's First Smartphone: e777

TCL's First Smartphone: e777 08/23/2004 06:30 AM

SlashPhone has gathered up some information about a new Microsoft Windows Smartphone clamshell from Chinese vendor TCL, called the e777. It's a dual-band (900/1800) flip with SD/MMC support and a megapixel camera, with no word on the speed of the main processor. Looks okay if, you know, sort of boring. What's the point of having a smart phone without a keyboard? (I know, but come on.)

I do like the camera button that has a graphic of a camera silk-screened onto it. It only took us four years and legions of engineers to figure that out.

Read - New Smartphone from China: TCL e777 [SlashPhone]

Motorola's A780 See-Through Smartphone

Motorola's A780 See-Through Smartphone 07/28/2004 01:20 PM

Infosync has some hinkfo about another one of the phones announced by Motorola this week, the A780, a Linux-based handset that will run on EDGE (new wireless broadband fastness) networks. And while it's full-featured as anything -- 1.3-megapixel camera, gostosa! -- the most interesting thing about the A780 is its screen. Through a hole in the flip-top basic information like Caller ID can be seen, while the full display is accessible when opened. It's a smart design; hopefully developers will take advantage of it.

Read - More Linux with Motorola A780 [InfosyncWorld via CoolHunting]

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New Orange Smartphone: SPV C500

New Orange Smartphone: SPV C500 05/24/2004 02:27 PM
Long on speculation and short on details, the first news of a new Windows Mobile 2003 SE phone has leaked out, including what looks like a (hopefully) rough mockup image to me. There's not much more known than that, except...

Palm OS Leads the U.S. Smartphone Market

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