Palm domineert de handheld markt

Palm regeert de handheld markt, zo blijkt uit een onderzoek van IDC. Terwijl 83,5% van markt voor de palm-sized handhelds wordt beheerst door Palm compatible apparaten, blijkt Windows CE er met een aandeel van 9,7% slechts zielig achteraan te bungelen:

Meanwhile, in the here and now, products from Palm Computing continue to dominate the market, while Microsoft-based Windows CE devices are still floundering.

For the first half of 1999, handhelds from Palm accounted for 70.4 percent of sales worldwide and 79.1 percent of sales in the United States. In the subcategory of palm-sized devices, Palm operating system-based products led Windows CE products by 83.5 percent to 9.7 percent.

[...] Recent news, including the departure of manufacturers like Philips and Everex from the palm-size market, support some of IDC's contentions about the palm-size business. Microsoft's struggles, including its decision to launch devices based on the Windows CE operating system as "Windows Powered," have resulted in disappointing sales and market share, according to Hwang.

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