PDA Market Update

Information Week - in its October 30, 2006 issue - published good overview of the current state of the PDA market.

The highlights are:

• In the first half of 2006 38.5 million smartphones were shipped worldwide (75% more than in the the first half of 2005)
• IDC predicts 8 million samrtphones will ship in the USA in 2006 (up 54% from 2005)
• RIM continues to dominate USA market (53% of the market in 2005) but it has only 6% of the global market
• Nokia has 67% of the world market but had only 5% of the USA market in 2005
• The biggest threat to RIM is the Windows Mobile operating system now on phones from Cingular, HP, Motorola, Palm, Sprint and others
• Motorola made successfull entry into market - the company sold more than 150,000 Moto Q phones in the first 30 days after its release

You can find full article writen by Elena Malykhina here. You can also find comparison chart of smartphones on the Information Week site.