Palm Computers Market Boasts High Potential
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Story Filed: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 10:39 AM EST
CHINA, Mar 06, 2002 (AsiaPort via COMTEX) -- From "notion war" to "price war", domestic palm computers manufacturers have been trying their best to attract consumers. However, since the beginning of 2002, the notion of PDA has been put into "low-end PDA" with simple things recording function, and PDA has been deemed as the palm computers with real PC functions, such as Internet accessing, MP3, as well as Word and Excel processing.
According to a survey, in the future consumption of PDA products, 48.1% of the surveyed intend to buy palm computers, and 39.9% to purchase mobile communication products, signaling high-end palm computers will become the leading products in 2002's market, and the middle and low-end products will be transferred into subordinative ones.
Domestic palm computers operation system used to take much of the market shares in home market. However, with Microsoft unveiled the notion of "PocketPC", the powerful software "emperor" again became the constitutor of the game rules. From HP and Compaq abroad to Legend at home, a number of manufacturers have been successively adopting Microsoft's WinCE operation system, and the high-end palm computers represented by "PocketPC" will be further taking some leading positions in the home market.
In addition, according to a report from the Gartner Co. which specializes in the research of palm computers, the sales volume of palm computers in the global market in 2001 reached 13.10 million sets, up 18% over the previous year, heralding the tremendous market potential of palm computers.
From GD-HK Information Daily, Page 12, Monday, March 04, 2002
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