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To: joe who wrote (16229)	5/27/1998 7:51:00 PM
From: Mang Cheng	Respond to of 45548

"Handheld Computers Boom With PalmPilot Leading The Pack" (05/27/98; 12:05 p.m. EST) By Mitch Wagner, InternetWeek Users bought 2.4 million handheld computers last year, up 75 percent from the year before, according to a study announced Monday by the Dataquest unit of Gartner Group. 3Com's PalmPilot was the market leader, with 41 percent of the market, about 1 million units, up from 360,000 units in 1996. Dataquest divided the handheld computer market into two segments: the "standard handheld computer" includes the PalmPilot and Windows CE devices, where the vendor licenses technology to other hardware manufacturers and encourages software developers to write applications, and third-party hardware vendors to develop peripherals. The "expandable organizer" is a device where the user can add applications and memory, but which is largely proprietary to a single vendor. These include handheld computers from Sharp. Santa Clara, Calif.-based 3Com was the leader in standard handhelds, with a 63 percent share, up from about 52 percent in 1996. techweb.com Mang