Gartner Dataquest Revises Third-Quarter PDA Results Based
on Vendor Adjustments; Hewlett-Packard Restates PDA Shipment
Information for 3Q02
SAN JOSE, Calif., Oct 31, 2002 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Revised
shipment numbers by one of the top-tier vendors have
significantly changed the preliminary worldwide and U.S. PDA
shipment results by Dataquest Inc., a unit of Gartner, Inc.
(NYSE:IT and ITB).
Gartner Dataquest's restated numbers show worldwide PDA
shipments totaled 2.55 million units in the third quarter of
2002, a decrease of 2.4 percent from the same period last
year. In the U.S. PDA market, shipments totaled 1.21 million,
a 1.4 percent decrease.
"HP's worldwide shipment numbers have been lowered by
89,000 (approximately 23 percent) from previous estimates due
to a discrepancy in its earlier tabulations," said Todd
Kort, principal analyst for Gartner Dataquest. "Based on this
new information, market growth rates have declined, showing
that the PDA industry is struggling more than previously
reported."
The new results drop HP to the No. 3 PDA vendor worldwide,
and move Sony up into the No. 2 position (see Table 1). At
the top spot, Palm's market share has improved to 31.7
percent worldwide and 41.7 percent in the U.S. PDA market
(see Table 2).
Table 1 Worldwide PDA Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q02 (Units)
------------ ---------- ------------ --------- ----------- -----------
3Q02 3Q02 Market 3Q01 3Q01 Market Company Shipments Share (%) Shipments Share (%) Growth (%)
------------ ---------- ------------ --------- ----------- -----------
Palm 808,805 31.7 754,810 28.8 7.2
Sony 344,963 13.5 90,690 3.5 280.0
Hewlett- Packard 292,850 11.5 317,890 12.1 -7.9
Toshiba 144,391 5.7 8,000 0.3 1,705.0
Handspring 100,100 3.9 353,642 13.5 -71.7
Others 863,823 33.8 1,093,786 41.8 -21.0
Total Market 2,554,932 100.0 2,618,818 100.0 -2.4
------------ ---------- ---------- --------- ----------- -----------
Note: Does not include smart phones such as Kyocera 6035, Samsung I-300, and Handspring Treo 180. Source: Gartner Dataquest (October 2002)
The Palm OS accounted for 50.2 percent of the worldwide PDA
market in 2003, compared to 28.3 percent for Microsoft
Windows CE. In the U.S. PDA market, Palm OS comprised 69.5
percent of all PDA shipments, while Windows CE was on 19.7
percent of PDAs shipped.
Table 2 U.S. PDA Unit Shipment Estimates for 3Q02 (Units)
------------ --------- ----------- ---------- ------------ ----------
3Q02 3Q02 Market 3Q01 3Q01 Market Company Shipments Share (%) Shipments Share (%) Growth (%)
------------ --------- ----------- ---------- ------------ ----------
Palm 505,000 41.7 479,000 39.0 5.4
Sony 240,000 19.8 50,000 4.1 380.0
Hewlett- Packard 117,000 9.7 150,000 12.2 -22.0
Handspring 80,000 6.6 276,000 22.5 -71.0
Toshiba 70,180 5.8 NA NA NA
Others 197,806 16.3 272,753 22.2 -27.5
Total Market 1,209,986 100.0 1,227,753 100.0 -1.4
------------ --------- ----------- ---------- ------------ ----------
Note: Does not include smart phones such as Kyocera 6035,
Samsung I-300, and Handspring Treo 180. Source: Gartner
Dataquest (October 2002)
This information is preliminary. As Gartner Dataquest analysts cross check statistics through their evaluation
process, final numbers will be available soon to clients of
Gartner Dataquest's Computing Platforms research cluster.
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