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Subject: Re: <OT> 97 Percent of Handheld Software Sold in 2001 Runs on Palms

Author: Frank Schneider

Date: 10:08:57 04/11/02

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On April 11, 2002 at 13:01:52, Frank Schneider wrote:

>On April 10, 2002 at 15:16:05, Roy Eassa wrote:
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>>http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/micro_stories.pl?ACCT=153400&TICK=PALM&STORY=/www/story/04-10-2002/0001703247&EDATE=Apr+10,+2002
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>>"Palm OS(R) based applications accounted for more than 97 percent
>>of handheld software titles sold in the United States last year..."
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>>A figure THAT high seems suspect, but it does seem that Palm apps outsell Pocket
>>PC apps by a very wide margin.

I just saw that this article was published by Palm and I wonder why
they think the have to publish such an article if they really have
97% market share.
When you check the number of downloads of the best selling applications, e.g.
at PalmGear and PocketGear, you will probably get more accurate numbers.

Frank

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>Thanks for the link!
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>Frank



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