Handspring buy may boost Palm wireless plans
News Shipments by both Palm and Handspring have been stagnant or falling in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) region for the past three years, according to Canalys figures. Canalys, a London-based analysis firm focused on mobile devices...
[June 4, 2003, 16:24]
Nokia retains lead in smartphone market
News A report from analyst Canalys claims 12.6 million smartphones shipped in EMEA in the second quarter — the second-biggest quarter on record for the high-end mobile devices, and up 28 percent on the same period a year ago.
[August 20, 2008, 8:25]
iPhone fever sees Apple market share grow
News The numerous players in the smartphone market are quickly gaining ground in innovation and shipment numbers, but this has been mainly at Microsoft's expense, according to IT research firm Canalys. Canalys senior analyst Pete Cunningham, said...
[August 20, 2009, 16:14]
Handhelds make a comeback
News European shipments of handheld computers broke the one-million mark for the first time during the last quarter of 2003, while smartphone shipments topped two million, according to research from Canalys published on Monday.
[January 26, 2004, 15:05]
Smartphones to outsell handhelds this year
News UK-based Canalys projects 2003 sales of 3.3 million in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for smartphones, including devices such as Orange's SPV and Sony Ericsson's P800. We anticipate that smartphone shipments alone will be an order of magnitude...
[March 24, 2003, 16:20]
Camera is 'killer app' for mobiles
News People have upgraded their handsets because manufacturers have found a "killer application" -- the digital camera, according to research firm Canalys. Built-in camera functionality and falling prices are the main reasons for upgrading, according to...
[July 22, 2003, 14:00]
Symbian takes handheld lead in Europe
News A study from UK-based market researcher Canalys showed that Nokia shipped 152,335 of its Symbian-based 9210 Communicator smartphones during the quarter, surpassing second-runner Palm with 108,445 unit shipments.
[November 2, 2001, 13:27]
Smartphone market picks up in Europe
News Researchers Canalys found that the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) handheld market grew by 125 percent for the first quarter of 2003 compared with the same quarter a year ago. The Palm OS powered 284,840 devices shipped in the quarter...
[April 23, 2003, 12:58]
Microsoft blamed for making tablets hard to swallow
News One year after Microsoft launched its tablet PC operating system, sales have been disappointing, the choice of models is still poor, and software developers have no incentive to create specialist applications, according to a report by research...
[November 7, 2003, 9:05]
HP gains on rivals in European PDA market
News Palm's European sales recovered in the fourth quarter, shipping 302,060 devices as against Compaq's 121,270 units, and the Palm OS still holds 43.3 percent of the Western European market, according to Canalys.
[January 29, 2002, 16:34]
Tablet PCs: Sales still hard to swallow
News In the second quarter of this year, 33,570 tablet PCs were sold in Europe, an increase of 25 percent from the same period last year, according to figures released by Canalys. For all the positive feedback that comes from users once they have had...
[August 12, 2004, 8:15]
Survey: Most Oracle professionals don't patch
News This leaves users' databases open to compromise, according to analyst company Canalys. On the face of it, these survey results look alarming," said Andy Buss, senior Canalys analyst. Two-thirds of Oracle Database professionals are not applying...
[January 14, 2008, 12:29]
PDA market remains buoyant
News Researchers at Canalys have calculated Q4 2002 mobile device shipments up 72 percent on the corresponding three months in 2001. Canalys reports that "wireless handhelds (those that have built-in GSM or GPRS) remain a difficult sell.
[January 28, 2003, 13:05]
Motorola takes Linux into the mobile mainstream
News The phone maker, which debuted the Ming smartphone in March in China, shipped more than 1 million Linux-based units in China alone last quarter, according to research firm Canalys. Motorola's recent feat in China helped cement its worldwide No...
[July 31, 2006, 12:35]
Symbian influx boosts mobile device sales
News Shipments of mobile devices, including feature phones, smartphones, handhelds and wireless handhelds, totalled nearly 1.2 million in the third quarter, according to research firm Canalys. However, Canalys believes that Symbian sales will be more...
[October 23, 2002, 15:51]
'3G iPhone' speculation at fever pitch
News Peter Cunningham, senior analyst at analyst house Canalys, told ZDNet.co.uk's sister site, silicon.com: "I'd be very surprised if it wasn't the 3G iPhone. As Canalys' Cunningham points out: "Edge across the GSM networks or GSM operators is still...
[June 6, 2008, 9:30]
Can Symbian Brew BlackBerry?
White Papers According to the research held by analytics company Canalys the market of "Smart" mobile devices in Europe, Near East and Africa grows more rapidly than market of mobile phones. Within the first half of 2005 9.6 million of smartphones and PDAs were...
[April 3, 2009, 1:22]
Apple snatches second place for smartphone sales
News Apple's stellar quarter for iPhone 3G sales has lifted it into second place among all smartphone vendors worldwide, according to analyst firm Canalys. Canalys released market-share statistics on Thursday that show strong growth for the smartphone...
[November 7, 2008, 7:24]
Symantec 'under pressure' despite strong results
News Symantec has posted strong fourth-quarter and end-of-year results but is still under pressure from other security players, according to analyst firm Canalys. The security giant posted its end-of-year financial results on Thursday, recording...
[May 1, 2008, 18:12]
HP grabs European handheld crown from Palm
News Hewlett-Packard had strong growth in the European handheld market in the third quarter, pushing it ahead of Palm, according to research firm Canalys. A Canalys analyst pointed out that the fourth quarter is generally strong for Palm.
[October 22, 2003, 9:30]



