The worldwide market for handheld devices continued along its downward path during Q3 2006. According to IDC, total worldwide shipments of handheld devices fell to 1.1 mln units, down 15.4% from Q2 2006 and down 31.3% from Q3 2005.
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Global handheld market in Q3 2006 |
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| Q3 2006 | Q3 2005 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Shipments | Share | Shipments | Share | YTY |
| Palm | 450,000 | 40.9% | 490,000 | 30.6% | -8.2% |
| HP | 240,000 | 21.8% | 400,000 | 25.0% | -40.0% |
| Dell | 105,000 | 9.5% | 160,000 | 10.0% | -34.4% |
| Mio | 105,000 | 9.5% | 100,000 | 6.3% | 5.0% |
| Sharp | 40,000 | 3.6% | 13,000 | 0.8% | 207.7% |
| Others | 160,000 | 14.5% | 437,000 | 27.3% | -63.4% |
| Total | 1,100,000 | 100.0% | 1,600,000 | 100.0% | -31.3% |
| Source: IDC | |||||