Worldwide shipments of smart mobile devices rise 55% YTY in Q2 2006. Handheld segment plummets 33%, overtaken by wireless handhelds for the first time. Smart phone shipments increase by 75% compared to one year ago. Nokia retains overall market lead, Motorola leapfrogs RIM, Sharp, Palm to take second place. Symbian leads in OS share, with 67%, a YTY rise, but a sequential fall. Microsoft in second with share at 15%, ahead of RIM on 6%.
| Global smart mobile devices market | |||||
| Q2 2006 | Q2 2005 | Growth | |||
| Vendor | Shipments | Share | Shipments | Share | YTY |
| Nokia | 9,030,840 | 47.7% | 6,695,800 | 54.9% | 34.9% |
| Motorola | 1,586,870 | 8.4% | 556,050 | 4.6% | 185.4% |
| RIM | 1,183,430 | 6.2% | 897,280 | 7.4% | 31.9% |
| Sharp | 1,162,500 | 6.1% | 29,840 | 0.2% | 3795.8% |
| Palm | 1,131,120 | 6.0% | 1,057,420 | 8.7% | 7.0% |
| Others | 4,849,550 | 25.6% | 2,949,210 | 24.2% | 64.4% |
| Total | 18,944,310 | 100.0% | 12,185,600 | 100.0% | 55.5% |
| Source: Canalys | |||||