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Handheld shipments up 19% in 2005
Gartner report on the handheld market growth in 2005 shows sales rising by 19%, with vendors like T-Mobile and Nokia achieving more than 300% growth on PDA market.Handheld shipments in 2005 20052004GrowthVendorShipmentsShareShipmentsShareYTYResearch In Motion3,193,00021.
Gartner report on the handheld market growth in 2005 shows sales rising by 19%, with vendors like T-Mobile and Nokia achieving more than 300% growth on PDA market.
| Handheld shipments in 2005 | |||||
| 2005 | 2004 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Shipments | Share | Shipments | Share | YTY |
| Research In Motion | 3,193,000 | 21.4 | 2,178,000 | 17.4 | 46.6 |
| Palm | 2,773,025 | 18.6 | 3,726,172 | 29.8 | -25.6 |
| Hewlett-Packard | 2,264,666 | 15.2 | 2,668,627 | 21.3 | -15.1 |
| Nokia | 1,010,000 | 6.8 | 250,000 | 2.0 | 304.0 |
| T-Mobile | 812,600 | 5.5 | 191,400 | 1.5 | 324.6 |
| Others | 4,839,701 | 32.5 | 3,499,314 | 28.0 | 38.3 |
| Total | 14,892,992 | 100.0 | 12,513,513 | 100.0 | 19.0 |
| Source: Gartner | |||||