Gartner says PDA shipments grew 32% in Q3
By Stefan Constantinescu on Sunday, November 26th, 2006 at 12:14 AM PST In Telecommunications
Much of the growth in the PDA market in the third quarter of 2006 was generated by cellular PDAs such as Danger, Inc’s. (T-Mobile (NYSE: DT)) Sidekick 3, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) E61/E62 and Motorola (NYSE: MOT) Q. RIM BlackBerries remained the most popular PDAs, accounting for 21 percent of worldwide PDA shipments in the quarter; however RIM only grew 10 percent as it continues shifting its product mix toward smartphones. BlackBerry (NSDQ: RIMM) smartphone shipments exceeded 514 thousand in the third quarter of 2006, up from 188 thousand one year ago.
Source: EMS Now
So we’re all asking ourselves what does RIM do that Nokia doesn’t? You know honestly for a first generation device in the BlackBerry form factor the Nokia E61 is just starting to test the waters. Having never used a BlackBerry I can’t comment as to whether or not it’s a superior product, but I’m curious to know, what does Nokia give it’s professional execs?
