In Q3 2004 Microsoft became an unquestioned leader of the PDA OS market, growing its market share to 48.1%, with the closest leader, PalmOS taking 29.8% of the sales.
Preliminary Worldwide PDA Shipment Estimates by Operating System for Q3 2004 (Units)
Q3 2004 Q3 2003
Q3 2004 Market Q3 2003 Market Growth
Company Shipments Share(%) Shipments Share(%) (%)
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Windows CE 1,375,866 48.1 1,037,874 41.2 32.6
Palm OS 850,821 29.8 1,181,202 46.9 -28.0
Research In Motion 565,000 19.8 123,775 4.9 356.5
Linux 24,500 0.9 48,550 1.9 -49.5
Others 42,620 1.5 125,745 5.0 -66.1
Total 2,858,807 100.0 2,517,146 100.0 13.6
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Note: Totals do not include smartphones such as the Treo 600 or
BlackBerry 7100 but include wireless PDAs such as the iPAQ 6315.
Source: Gartner Dataquest (November 2004)