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Smartphones eat into handheld market
News The market for mobile phones is increasingly encroaching on the market for handheld organisers, leading to a second straight year of decline in organiser shipments, according to a report from research firm IDC.
[August 19, 2003, 11:10]
Bringing Video to the Mobile Handheld Market: Background, Challenges and potential.
White Papers This white paper presents useful background on the evolution of the mobile wireless network, discusses some of the challenges to be overcome to make video to the mobile handheld practical, and presents some example use scenarios highlighting the...
[January 9, 2009, 3:08]
IDC sees decline in handheld market
News The global market for handheld devices continues to dwindle, according to data released by IDC this week. Success in the handheld market is becoming linked to the ability of gear makers to develop new applications beyond the regular personal...
[October 29, 2004, 8:59]
PalmOne hopes to reanimate handheld market
News Although the company has added new handheld models, that market has remained stagnant. PalmOne is hoping that the addition of a hard drive to the handheld computer will help breathe new life into a product that has lost a significant amount of its...
[May 18, 2005, 9:35]
Linux-based handheld hits the Indian market
News A pair of Indian companies are touting a home-grown handheld, eyeing both the local market and a wider audience. The Linux-powered handheld combines the functions of an organiser and an MP3 player and has handwriting recognition capabilities.
[March 30, 2004, 16:20]
Palm stays atop handheld market
News Handheld manufacturers had a far better holiday season than expected, although sales were still slightly down from 2000. Worldwide shipments of handheld computers increased 68 percent over the third quarter to 3.83 million units, according to...
[January 25, 2002, 12:36]
UK: Palm dominates handheld market - report
News Overall the market for handheld PCs is a healthy one according to the research.million handhelds shipped in Europe in 1998 generating a revenue of more than $1bn. The demand for mobile email, access to information and Internet access are all...
[August 16, 1999, 15:23]
Linux-based handheld hits the Indian market
Talkback With 125 pound price tag, its hardly a poor mans computer. That money can feed 10 poor hungry people.
[March 30, 2004, 17:33]
Palm will lead European handheld market into 2000 - IDC
News The report, Western European Hand Held Devices Review and Forecast for 1998-2000, claims that since 1998 the Palm OS has had a 40% share of the market, followed by Psion with Windows in third place. Alison Mackenzie, analyst and author of the...
[July 13, 1999, 11:38]
Handhelds left out in cold
News The market for handheld organisers continued to be tepid as gadget buyers kept choosing other kinds of devices, according to a report on the second quarter from market researcher IDC. However, Dell's newest flagship handheld, the X30, is expected...
[July 28, 2004, 10:30]
Palm aims to break China market
News However, the handheld maker's entry on Tuesday comes years after low-priced domestic brands and rival handhelds that run on Microsoft's Pocket PC operating system have sewn up the market. China has the largest handheld market in the Asia-Pacific...
[April 22, 2003, 15:46]
Symbian takes handheld lead in Europe
News Symbian and Nokia surprised industry observers by taking the lead in European handheld sales and mobile operating system market share for the third quarter, according to the latest figures. The new sales took Symbian's EPOC operating system into...
[November 2, 2001, 13:27]
HP iPaq takes crown from Palm in Asia
News For the first time, Hewlett-Packard has ousted Palm as the number one handheld maker in Asia-Pacific market share, according to market analyst Gartner. HP commanded 16.2 percent of the handheld market in the first quarter of this year, compared...
[June 6, 2003, 8:54]
Could HP cut it in the phone business?
Talkback "We are number one in the traditional pen-based handheld market," Adrian Koch, HP's Asian chief for PCs, Notebooks and Portables, told CNETAsia. Well, Mr Koch may we right that they are the #1 in traditional pen-based handheld market but the...
[September 30, 2004, 6:18]
The Year Ahead: Will wireless revive the PDA market?
News The handheld market shouldn't be written off, however; in fact, analysts believe there is a large demand for mobile devices in both the business and consumer markets. For buyers, slower growth and weak consumer demand may mean a more sedate pace...
[December 28, 2001, 6:31]
Smartphone market picks up in Europe
News Smartphones are on track to outsell conventional handheld computers this year, according to a new study, which also found that handheld market share leader Palm has fallen into third place in Europe for mobile operating systems.
[April 23, 2003, 12:58]
Handheld chiefs look to new markets for growth
News Things aren't looking good in the handheld market, but the main players aren't letting that get them down. But in Europe, handheld sales were up 65 percent during the first half of the year compared with the same period last year, according to...
[August 10, 2001, 15:44]
Sharp unleashes Linux handheld
News Seeking to prove it isn't the dinosaur of the handheld market, Sharp Electronics on Monday relaunched the Zaurus in the United States. As previously reported, Sharp's Zaurus SL-5500 handheld uses Lineo's version of Linux, is powered by Intel's...
[December 4, 2001, 8:58]
Sharp plans Linux PDA
News In a move that promises to stir up the handheld computer market, Japanese electronics company Sharp today announced plans to introduce the first mass-market device running the free Linux operating system.
[March 5, 2001, 15:50]
ATI puts 3D in mobile phones
News Graphics chipmaker ATI is jumping into the handheld market with a new line of processors aimed at mobile phones, it announced on Wednesday. Imageon 2300 enables exceptional 3D gaming that will fully leverage and help monetise the higher bandwidth...
[January 7, 2004, 16:35]
