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To: mr.mark who wrote (43179)	5/10/2000 10:35:00 PM
From: Mang Cheng	Respond to of 45548

"IDC confirms Palm's leadership position in European handheld segment; Continued innovation has customers flocking to Palm " From a RagingBull post: MAY 10, 2000, M2 Communications - Paris, France Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) is pleased to announce that recent figures released by analyst house IDC confirmed Palm, Inc.'s position as Europe's leading provider of handheld computers (IDC, personal companion segment share, 1H 99) with 78.4 per cent of the market. The personal companion industry is characterised by small shirt-pocket sized devices that use a pen or stylus for data input. Palm, Inc. is driving the handheld market and attributes its continued success to the strong performance of the svelte looking Palm VTM handheld computer that is attractive to both the consumer and corporate markets. IDC predicts similar growth for the newly launched Palm VxTM handheld aimed at the data intensive enterprise user and the new Palm IIIcTM colour device. The figures come on the back of continuing developments at Palm over the past year including: - An ever-expanding range of applications and utilities provided by a 70,000 strong developer base. Applications include online stock trading, Internet based package tracking, medication dispensing and travel guides amongst others. - The increased use of PalmTM devices in the enterprise space including the provision of mobile access to enterprise databases and IT management solutions through partnerships with Computer Associates, IBM, Oracle, PeopleSoft, SAP, Siebel Systems, Sun Microsystems and Tivoli. - Already today, Palm supports wireless technologies such as WAP and Webclipping. Palm is also aligning itself with a number of mobile phone manufacturers including Nokia, Motorola, Alcatel and Sagem to improve wireless access to data and e-mail, anywhere, anytime.. "Palm has a history of innovation, with the launch of the PalmTM device in 1996 which created the handheld device market," said Laurence Clavere, international marketing director, Palm, Inc. "Six million Palm devices later, the momentum has continued by providing users with compelling new products and working with our many partners to solve problems that the current PC paradigm cannot adequately address." In the figures released by IDC, Palm had 70.4 per cent of the worldwide market for handheld devices (IDC, personal companions market share, 1H 99). The full report is available for purchase from IDC idc.com ragingbull.com Mang