Smart phones overtake PDAs

Juniper Foo | Jan 18, 2006

PDAs aren't going to die anytime soon. Still, they're being given a run for their money by smart phones. Canalys reported global shipments of smart phones up 75 percent year-to-year in Q3 2005. Next to them, shipment for standalone handhelds dropped 18 percent, while converged devices more than doubled in volume during the same time frame.

In all, the worldwide market for "disconnected" handheld devices recorded its seventh consecutive quarter of year-to-year decline in Q3 2005.

Meanwhile, take a gander at the following stats PDABuzz has compiled

Nokia ships a record 7.1 million smart phones, up 142 percent year-to-year.

Palm shipments were down 2 percent overall, although Treo smart phones went up 71 percent, overtaking its handhelds for first time.

20 million smart phones and 13 million PDAs are expected to ship in 2006

Global PDA shipments are expected to grow 22 percent in 2006

Smart phone shipments were up 288 percent in Q2 2005

The global handheld market fell 16.9 percent in Q3 2005

50 percent of new PDAs sold in Europe have a GPS unit

In 2008, 56 percent of all handsets will have Bluetooth

Most important functions in a mobile device: Voice, address book, text messaging

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