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To: JakeStraw who wrote (5386)	8/6/2001 7:29:50 AM
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SAN JOSE, Calif., Aug 6 (Reuters) - Worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants, or PDAs, reached 2.79 million units in the second quarter of 2001, a 21 percent decline from the first quarter of 2001, Gartner Inc. <IT.N> unit Dataquest Inc. said on Monday. Palm Inc. <PALM.O> held onto the No. 1 position in the United States and worldwide based on shipments, but lost significant market share since the first quarter of this year, according to Dataquest. Compaq Computer Corp. <CPQ.N> increased its market share from the first quarter this year, boosted by success in the corporate market, Dataquest said. According to Dataquest, Palm shipped an estimated 898,000 units in the second quarter, down from 1.79 million units in the first quarter. Meanwhile, Compaq upped its estimated shipments to 450,000 in the second quarter from 278,000 in the first quarter. Handspring Inc. <HAND.O> was No. 3 in estimated worldwide handheld shipments, with 300,000, down from 565,000 in the first quarter. In estimated PDA shipments in the United States, Palm was No. 1, followed by Handspring and Compaq. 223-6000)) REUTERS Rtr 03:36 08-06-01 Copyright 2001, Reuters News Service