European mobile devices market, including standalone handhelds and converged devices, grew by 13% YTY in Q3 2006 as shipments reached 3.84 mln units. However, while market performance constituted a significant improvement following the market decline seen in the previous quarter, growth was buoyed solely by healthy converged device growth of 30% YTY as the handheld market declined for a fourth consecutive quarter. Proportional to aggressive declines for handhelds and growth of 30% year on year for converged devices, the latter grew to represent 93% of the device landscape compared to 81% in the corresponding quarter of 2005.
| Western European mobile devices in Q3 2006 | |||||
| Q3 2006 | Q3 2005 | Growth | |||
| Shipments | Share | Shipments | Share | YTY | |
| Nokia | 2,549,250 | 66.5% | 1,998,990 | 58.8% | 28% |
| RIM | 235,000 | 6.1% | 194,000 | 5.7% | 21% |
| HTC | 206,000 | 5.4% | 55,000 | 1.6% | 275% |
| HP | 136,925 | 3.6% | 246,390 | 7.3% | -44% |
| Palm | 98,400 | 2.6% | 112,555 | 3.3% | -13% |
| Others | 610,660 | 15.9% | 791,050 | 23.3% | -23% |
| Total | 3,836,235 | 100.0% | 3,397,985 | 100.0% | 13% |
| Source: IDC | |||||