Canalys Q1 2006 global smart mobile device research

By Dusan Belic on Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 at 7:03 am PST In Research

The latest market estimates from Canalys show some major changes happening in the worldwide market for smart mobile devices, with new names appearing in the global top five.

Highlights

High Mitsubishi and Sharp Q1 2006 shipments in Japan boost Symbian
Nokia (NYSE: NOK)â€™s year-on-year growth of 60% meant it increased its market share slightly, helped by demand for highly popular multimedia models such as the N70.
RIM made substantial gains to strengthen its position in second, growing at 85% and overtaking Palm (NSDQ: PALM) both globally and in the US market for the first time.
Palm posted slight growth overall, but slipped to third in the worldwide rankings. Canalys estimates that Treo smart phone shipments were up 44% on the same quarter one year ago, but the Treo is yet to gain traction outside the US.
The increased activity from the Japanese vendors has also helped the Asia-Pacific region overtake EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) in overall quarterly smart mobile device sales for the first time since Canalys began tracking this market six years ago. In Q1 2006, Asia-Pacific represented 46% of all shipments compared to 39% for EMEA and 15% for the Americas.

Charts (market shares Q1 2006, Q1 2005)

For more information visit Canalys’ web page.