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PDA Market Grows as Prices Go Down

The world is going mobile and more people are looking for PDAs, according a market research company. Global shipments of personal digital assistants went up by a whopping 32 percent as price drop by 13 percent during the third quarter of 2006. Over 4.5 million units were shipped during the quarter, as the company reports, against 3.4 million during the same period last year. People are constantly looking for mobile devices that will help them carry their personal businesses with them on the road, and with the average price dropping to about $350, demand soars.

The PDA market has grown considerably with the interdiction of new products, such as the Blackberry mobile device. By integration mobile phone capabilities with a PDA-like interface, many users found the device helpful and became "PDA users". Most of the mobile phones firms are going in the same direction, with Nokia issuing the E61/E62 modals and Motorola releasing their Q product line. Users do not like to carry many devices, and integrating their communication options with a center-device such as a PDA made a huge difference on the demand.

Interesting enough was the fact that the market does not swift towards a particular device. We have not seen the consumer marketplace gravitate toward a particular PDA model like this since Palm`s peak of popularity over five years ago. The trendiness of this device combined with substantial pent-up demand produced a rush to get on board with the new model, "said Todd Kort from the research company. The public favors many modals and manufacturers and the market does not have a decisive leader.