"Handheld device vendors shipped 2.2 million units in the first quarter, down 11.7% from the first quarter of 2003, and 33.1 percent off the fourth quarter of 2003, said David Linsalata, an analyst with IDC in Framingham," reports IDG News Service.
"PalmOne's Treo 600 smart phone has been its fastest growing product, with shipments increasing 37% from PalmOne's second quarter to its third quarter, which ended in February, according to PalmOne's third-quarter results. However, shipments of PalmOne's core handheld products slipped 38.7% from the calendar fourth quarter of 2003 to the first quarter of 2004, IDC said.
"HP posted the strongest quarter of any of the major vendors. Its shipments grew 24.8% in the first quarter of 2004 compared to last year's first quarter, although it was not immune to the sequential drop that plagued the rest of the industry as it came off the fourth quarter."
