Sony Exits PDA Market - GoFuckYourself.com

jacked · 06-01-2004, 11:43 AM

By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco
Published Tuesday 1st June 2004 18:27 GMT

Sony is walking away from the PDA market in the United States and Europe, citing flat sales. It will continue to develop its PalmOS-based Clie range in Japan, but won't develop any new models outside its home country beyond the most recent addition to the range, the TH-55 that it released in February. The global PDA market shrank 11 per cent in the first three months of this year, according to IDC, although shipments jumped by a third in Europe where Sony snagged a 9.3 per cent share.

It's an ominous move for PalmSource. Sony is PalmSource largest customer after PalmOne, and a minority shareholder, and the software developer had hoped to renew its appeal to the media giant with Cobalt, the ground-up rewrite of the operating system released to licensees at the New Year. Since its first Clie was released in four years ago, Sony has led the raft of PalmOS licensees by introducing multimedia features such as photography and music playback. Earlier this year PalmOne's European boss Vesey Crichton hinted that the No.1 PDA manufacturer might consider other options. PalmOS was "not viewed internally as a religion", he said.

Sony shows no sign of walking away from handheld devices, however. In recent months it has unveiled two color portable music devices, the HMP-A1 and the Vaio PCVA-HVP20, and continues to invest in its Sony Ericsson phone subsidiary.®

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Paul Markham · 06-01-2004, 01:57 PM

What's a PDA?

xxxoutsourcing · 06-01-2004, 02:27 PM

There are so many PDA's better than sony now, but if you try and buy something like the O2 XDA in Japan it's so heavily prices that no one will buy it.

Hence sony only keeping to the jap market....

Viper2K1 · 06-01-2004, 02:40 PM

sony PDA's ain't hot over here, even palm doesn't do good here anymore.

pocketpc (windows mobile) rule
much more new stuff happening there

EviLGuY · 06-01-2004, 03:46 PM

PDAs are worthless for most people.. even most people that I know that have one hardly use it.

06-01-2004, 11:43 AM	#1
jacked sperm tail Industry Role: Join Date: May 2004 Location: nj Posts: 11,019	Sony Exits PDA Market By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco Published Tuesday 1st June 2004 18:27 GMT Sony is walking away from the PDA market in the United States and Europe, citing flat sales. It will continue to develop its PalmOS-based Clie range in Japan, but won't develop any new models outside its home country beyond the most recent addition to the range, the TH-55 that it released in February. The global PDA market shrank 11 per cent in the first three months of this year, according to IDC, although shipments jumped by a third in Europe where Sony snagged a 9.3 per cent share. It's an ominous move for PalmSource. Sony is PalmSource largest customer after PalmOne, and a minority shareholder, and the software developer had hoped to renew its appeal to the media giant with Cobalt, the ground-up rewrite of the operating system released to licensees at the New Year. Since its first Clie was released in four years ago, Sony has led the raft of PalmOS licensees by introducing multimedia features such as photography and music playback. Earlier this year PalmOne's European boss Vesey Crichton hinted that the No.1 PDA manufacturer might consider other options. PalmOS was "not viewed internally as a religion", he said. Sony shows no sign of walking away from handheld devices, however. In recent months it has unveiled two color portable music devices, the HMP-A1 and the Vaio PCVA-HVP20, and continues to invest in its Sony Ericsson phone subsidiary.® read more here... __________________ Got Cam Models? icq: 361-607-616

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06-01-2004, 02:40 PM	#4
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06-01-2004, 03:46 PM	#5
EviLGuY So Fucking Banned Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: malta Posts: 12,745	PDAs are worthless for most people.. even most people that I know that have one hardly use it.