Enkele maanden na introductie is Handspring al gegroeid tot de op één na populairste fabrikant van PDA's. Volgens een onderzoek van NPD Intelect was de PalmOS-compatible Hanspring Visor handheld in mei verantwoordelijk voor een marktaandeel van 25%. De eerste plaats is nog steeds stevig in handen van Palm, die de markt domineert met een aandeel van 67%. Handspring groeit echter zeer snel: in april bedroeg het marktaandeel nog 18%, versus 71,7% voor Palm:
In April, the report said, Handspring grasped 18 percent of sales, compared with Palm's 71.7 percent.
That trend indicates the Visor is gaining momentum in the PDA market, which is itself growing steadily, according to Sima Vasa, an analyst with NPD Intelect. Vasa noted that the Visor is priced $200 below competing devices from Hewlett-Packard or Compaq Computer.
"Handspring is doing an amazing job in terms of product and competitive differentiation," she said. "They held and captivated an audience."
[...] Palm has led the device market, garnering up to 80 percent market share. But the company faces more competition than ever in its core business, not just from Microsoft and PDA makers but from Web-enabled cell phones and other Internet appliances. The company has said it wants to expand its focus to wireless devices by the end of the year.
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