The worldwide converged mobile device or smartphone market showed no signs of slowing down during Q1 2006, recording a new record in quarterly shipments. According to IDC, worldwide converged mobile device shipments totaled 18.9 million units in Q1 2006, an increase of 7.5% from Q4 2005 and 67.8% compared to Q1 2005.
| Global converged mobile device shipments | |||||
| Q1 2006 | Q1 2005 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Shipments | Share | Shipments | Share | YTY |
| Nokia | 8.16 | 43.2% | 5.45 | 48.4% | 49.9% |
| Panasonic | 1.89 | 10.0% | 1.145 | 10.2% | 65.1% |
| NEC | 1.79 | 9.5% | 1.140 | 10.1% | 57.0% |
| RIM | 1.45 | 7.7% | 0.78 | 6.9% | 85.7% |
| Sharp | 1.07 | 5.7% | 0.00 | 0.0% | 0.00% |
| Others | 4.52 | 23.9% | 2.74 | 24.4% | 64.7% |
| Total | 18.88 | 100.0% | 11.25 | 100.0% | 67.8% |
| Source: IDC | |||||