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Hands Down, Palm is Now Number Two

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the getting-a-handle dept.

jamesl writes "InformationWeek reports that the number one PDA operating system now comes from Redmond, 48.1% last quarter (41.2% a year ago) compared to 29.8% (46.9% last year) for PalmSource. The big gainer was RIM, up to 19.8% from 4.9%. Linux ... a valient 0.9%, off slightly from last years' 1.9%. The article has some thoughts about where the market is going with phones taking on more PDA functions."

2 of 239 comments (clear)

  1. Legal attacks soon? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Think Palm will start tossing around antitrust lawsuits aimed at MS and patent lawsuits at RIM (no matter how unfounded) soon?

    Could the dive in Linux PDA adoption be related to the failure of the Zaurus line and Sharp's nonexistent attempts to promote it?

  2. Re:Talk about misinformed by Moofie · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So what?

    Marketshare is not a meaningful gauge of utility. It's just penis measuring.

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