Compaq IPaq Tops Palm in Market Share

[prontospyder]

....in revenue...

"Dataquest projected Palm will post hardware revenue of $130 million to $135 million for its fourth quarter, which ended June 1. That's below the $140 million to $160 million Palm itself forecasted when it warned of lower results in mid-May.

Handspring, also maker of handheld devices based on Palm software, expects revenue for its fourth quarter ending June 30 to be in the $60 million to $65 million range.

But it's Compaq that seems to have become leader of the pack. The Gartner Dataquest survey found that Compaq appears poised to assume the world market lead in revenue terms for Personal Digitals Assistants (PDAs) for the second quarter ending June 30, 2001, with revenue exceeding $200 million."

http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/svfront/074080.htm

 

[Imported]

I'm dumb so don't mind this question.. but does the cost of the unit have anything to do with higher revenues?

 

[piku]

<< but does the cost of the unit have anything to do with higher revenues? >>


I would think so. Its much easier to add a couple extra dollars to something when its base price is high the way it is.

 

[prontospyder]

Yeah...it's like $399 for the black and white models and $599 for the color ones...

I don't think they'll drop the price since there's so much demand for them...