Report: PDA Shipments Drop for Third Year
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Worldwide shipments of personal digital assistants declined for the third straight year, according to a new report.
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Over the holiday quarter, Sony shipped 71.7% fewer PlayStation Portable units and 23.3% fewer PlayStation 2 consoles worldwide than during the 2005 holiday season, while at the same time it was ramping up PlayStation 3 shipments to North America, Japan, and Asia.
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We've been using the term "resurgent" in conjunction with Acer so often that you'd begin to think it was a brand name for a new PC model. But in the quarter just ended the surge failed, so to speak, as hardware analysis firm iSuppli reports unit shipments for Acer fell by 10,000 for the first time in several quarters.
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The company revised its 2007 sales forecast lower for a third time this year because of price reductions and reduced orders.
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Vendors shipped a total of 44.2 million PCs in the third quarter, which represented a growth rate of 11.9 percent compared to the same period of 2003, according to IDC.
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Foreign investment in South Korea decreased for the third consecutive year to slightly above 10 billion dollars in 2007, government data showed Sunday.
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(InfoWorld) - AfterÂ canceling its controversial FoleoÂ product and continuing to struggle with a shift away from the personal digital assistant market, Palm warned on Wednesday that its upcoming earnings report could be weaker than expected. For the quarter ending Aug. 31, Palm will lose $0.01 per share or break even, the company said. Earlier, the company had said it expected a loss of $0.01 or a gain of $0.01 in the period. That compares with a gain of $0.35 per share in the same quarter last year. Palm also narrowed its revenue forecast to between $359 million and $361 million, instead of the previously expected $355 million to $365 million. Palm will release its quarterly earnings report on Oct. 1. The company is facing challenges as it changes its business from one focused on PDAs to one that specializes in smart phones. Earlier this month, Palm announced it wouldn't ship the Foleo, a companion product to itsÂ Treo smart phone, as planned. When the device was announced, analysts said it would be too expensive and wouldn't offer valuable features. Palm said it decided to focus instead on its own software platform that is due out in 2008 or 2009.
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Trade group says orders were down 5% from July after almost a year of growth, sees trend continuing. SAN FRANCISCO  - North American semiconductor capital equipment manufacturers reported that orders
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Orders for long-lasting US-made goods unexpectedly slipped 0.4 percent last month as demand for computers, cars and civilian aircraft slumped, a government report showed on Wednesday.
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Shipments of devices running the Palm OS have declined sharply, researcher says.
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If a handheld device doesn't have voice capabilities, a growing number of users around the world aren't interested, according to IDC. For the third straight quarter, shipments of handheld devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) fell as some prominent vendors decided to pull back from the market, IDC said Wednesday.
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SHIPMENTS of personal digital assistants declined for the third consecutive quarter as large vendors continued ceding the depressed market to smaller electronics makers, researcher IDC reported.
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It was the third straight year that the numbers have fallen, although not nearly as much as in the previous two years. &quot;Nearly 7.4 million people reported just over $30.
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Symbol Technologies SBL.N, a bar  code scanner and handheld computer maker, said on Monday it  will delay filing its third-quarter results, and it revised  downward results for the first nine months of the year because  of errors in how inventory levels were reported.
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Symbol Technologies said today that it will delay filing its third-quarter results for two weeks, and it revised results for the first nine months of the year downward by $13.3 million because of errors in how inventory levels were reported.
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For the third straight quarter, shipments of handheld devices fell as some prominent vendors decided to pull back from the market, according to research firm IDC.
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(InfoWorld) - Lower prices and the improved performance of laptops will fuel continued growth in PC sales this year and next, despite concerns a recession could be on the horizon for the U.S., market analyst Gartner predicted Thursday. Worldwide PC shipments will grow 12.3 percent this year, dropping slightly to 11 percent growth in 2008, Gartner said. Emerging markets will drive desktop PC sales, which will also be boosted by the start of a new replacement cycle through the end of the year. Emerging markets will average 18.6 percent growth in unit sales, while mature markets will see 7 percent growth, Gartner said. The recent economic turbulence, caused in part by problems in the U.S. mortgage markets, should not affect PC shipments in the coming months. However, Gartner warned that PC vendors should closely look at their supply chain in case conditions change.