Considering the fact Palm Pilots had the market to themselves (100% market
share) until just a little while ago, I would be seriously concerned (if I
was a Palm user or shareholder,) that PocketPCs have already garnered a 30%
share in a few short months.  The last figures I have seen were closer to
25%, but I bow to Duane's superior or perhaps more updated knowledge.  At
ant rate, this does not bode well for Palm.

Kind regards,

Denys. . .

Denys Beauchemin
HICOMP
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-----Original Message-----
From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of
Duane Percox
Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2001 10:14 AM
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Subject: Re: OT: PocketPC vs Handheld PC (was Wildly OT: Simpl e math
question)

Regarding Denys' and Arthur Frank's postings,
I offer you the following tidbits of information.

1. We have a software offering that downloads and
   presents student information on a Palm. This
   application is a gret benefit to school administrators
   and for teachers that need to take attendance
   remotely from a formal classroom (pe teachers).

2. We use the appForge development environment
   which allows us to code in VB and run on the Palm.

3. We chose the Palm because our customers are choosing
   the Palm and it currently has ~ 70% market share.

4. However, some of our customers are evaluating pocketpc
   products like the iPaq. They especially like the iPaq
   and we will eventually be using the appForge tools
   to port our Palm solution to the iPaq and equivalent
   systems.

5. The data we download is hot-synched from the HP e3000
   via a PC connected cradle.

Duane Percox    wk: 650.372.0200x608  fax: 650.372.3386
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