Here an interesting posting titled "Palm Reading" on www.mobitopia.com:
"But still the numbers are out there and they're not good. It's =20
debateable whether the PDA market itself will even be around for very =20=
long. How many of these devices sit unused in desk drawers or forgotten =20=
in their sync cradle? People don't want neat devices that sit around =20
unused and they don't want to carry around 2 or 3 different gadgets =20
with them everywhere. "
"If someone is reading this and thinks that somehow Palm has a chance, =20=
please let me know. I don't see much future in the platform."
Looks like also the author considers the PDA market close to become a =20=
limited niche market and not any more a consumer product for the mass.
IDC numbers are anyway giving us an idea... The PDA market has done a - =20=
21% in first quarter 2003 compared to the same period of 2002. This is =20=
quiet interesting if you think that PDAs prices have now fallen thanks =20=
to Palm's Zire that has a 99usd price. The biggest market is US where =20=
by this year you will see much more competition from Symbian based =20
smartphones (And not just Symbian) ...
Here is the market share:
Palm 36% , HP 18% , Sony 16%. Dell, 6,5%, Toshiba 3,6% , Hanspring =20=
2,9%.
http://www.idc.com/=20
getdoc.jhtml;jsessionid=3DMDQKJV5VYXD0WCTFA4FCFFAKMUDYWIWD?containerId=3Dp=
r2=20
003_04_23_125718
Is this trend coming also to Japan?
Gioved=EC, 24 apr 2003, alle 04:17 Europe/Rome, Curt Sampson ha scritto:
> On Wed, 23 Apr 2003, Giovanni Bertani wrote:
>
>> Here in Italy artists rights management agency has imposed a tax on =20=
>> any=3D20=3D
>>
>> media like CD-R,
>> DVD-R, VHS, Mini DV etc. on the base that they are used for =
copying=3D20
>> protected content.
>> Actually a DVD-R or CD-R will see an increase of price from 50% to =20=
>> 200%=3D20=3D
>>
>> beginning
>> the 28th of this month.
>
> They do this in Canada, too. I used to be morally against copying =20
> stuff,
> and would buy even when I had the chance to copy, but now that I'm
> paying them the royalties on blank disks, I don't feel bad at all =
about
> copying things on to those blank disks.
>
> cjs
> --=20
> Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> +81 90 7737 2974 =20
> http://www.netbsd.org
> Don't you know, in this new Dark Age, we're all light. --XTC
>
Received on Thu Apr 24 17:43:38 2003