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Canalys Q1 2006 global smart mobile device research

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By: , IntoMobile
Wednesday, April 26th, 2006 at 7:03 AM

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’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 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.

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Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.