Handheld device market down 20.8% in Q2 2005

The worldwide market for handheld devices experienced its sixth consecutive quarter of year-over-year decline in Q2 2005. According to IDC, device shipments decreased 20.8% compared to Q2 2004 and fell 24.9% sequentially in Q2 2005 to 1.7 million units.

Handheld device market in Q2 2005
	Q2 2005		Q2 2004
Vendor	Shipments	Share	Shipments	Share
Palm	638,376	36.5%	924,364	41.8%
HP	321,928	18.4%	530,239	24.0%
Acer	199,921	11.4%	28,228	1.3%
Dell	179,200	10.2%	153,000	6.9%
Yakumo	58,000	3.3%	13,000	0.6%
Other	352,448	20.1%	561,029	25.4%
Total	1,749,873	100.0%	2,209,860	100.0%
Source: IDC