I don't think it's market share by dollar amount.  The figure I have seen
quite clearly indicated number of units sold.  At any rate, I have never
heard of market share being divided by dollar amount with respect to market
share of one item versus another.  It is always by units, as it is in this
case.  Wishing that it were not so will not change reality.

It is indeed correct that Palm Size PC had a minuscule market share, which
actually shrank and lots of folks got out.  The situation changed with the
advent of POCKET PC 2000, the Compaq iPAQ, the HP Jornada and the Casio
Cassiopeia.  This is why I have been saying the change has been dramatic in
the last few months and PalmOS has had a very serious erosion of market
share.  However, do remember they have a big head start and lots of users.

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
Peter da Silva
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 10:18 PM
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Subject: Re: OT: PocketPC vs Handheld PC (was Wildly OT: Simpl e math
question)

In article <[log in to unmask]>,
Denys Beauchemin  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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.

1. It's closer to a 10% market share by unit volume.
2. Palmsized-PCs have had nearly that high a market share in previous years.
3. In Dec 2000, after Pocket PC had been out or 7-8 months, PPC market share
   was lower than the Palmsized PC market share had been in Dec 1999.
4. Microsoft has actually been doing handhelds since Pen Windows came out in
   1993.

The new PPC 2002 looks interesting, though. I should be able to have one to
evaluate at some point, and I'm looking forward to it.

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