| From: | Anthony W. Prime |
| Date: | 2 Apr 2001 at 15:06:53 |
| Subject: | Re: Sharps - the word for Toffee |
On Mon, 02 Apr 2001, Alan Buxey waxed lyrical:
>> >with their market - and with already glowing reports of their PDAs, i
>> >guess they could. the target market for decent PDA's is in the 300
>> > million
>> By the end of the year?
>err, no. the total target is how many until saturation (at which point
>they have to give even better toys) . i guess the 7m for this year for one
>company alone is on the ball.
>UK mobile phone companies were taken by suprise at how quickly their
>target market for the next 4 years (school kids) was saturated.
I`m not so sure. I can`t see the PDA market exploding until there are
significantly improved devices on the market. And by impoved I mean improved
in interface, usage and scope. Seven million looks optimistic to me :/
Of course, the Sharp machine might be significantly better (as a result of
Java, DE or whatever), but is it really a compelling must have device?
If it isn`t I can`t see it making the sort of impact needed to sell around 1m
units per month from a standing start :/
I`ll stick to my series 5mx for now.
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