Article: Jupiter Research: PDA penetration to only reach 7 percent of overall U.S. population by 2008, yet sees opportunity for PIM.(Market Intelligence)(Brief Article)

Jupiter Research, a division of Jupitermedia, forecasts that the U.S. installed base of handheld PDAs will number just over 14 million at the end of 2003 and will only grow to 20 million by 2008, a 7 percent penetration of the overall U.S. population. In addition, Jupiter Research reports that the adoption of these portable devices increases as their size and complexity of use decreases. Jupiter Research has therefore identified the sweet spot for handhelds to be those that offer voice, personal information management (PIM) or a combination of the two, and focus less on other integrated functions.

These findings were released in Jupiter Research's new report, ...

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