Extract:"Sales up over 75 per cent but PDA sales barely make it into the black
The latest research from Gartner has revealed that worldwide smartphone sales are booming, up over 75 per cent form this time last year.
But while connected devices are selling well the research found PDA sales rose barely five per cent in the same period. It was the Far East that drove the growth, with the European market losing its sales lead.
He noted that the North American market was the only location where PDA sales still outsold smartphones, with sales in the continent accounting for nearly half of all PDA shipments worldwide.
Nokia is still the dominant force in the industry, with 42 per cent of combined smartphone and PDA sales and over half of the smartphone segment. Motorola showed the fastest growth, increasing sales by over 100 per cent, but retains only a 5.3 per cent market share."