Symbian Continues to Dominate as the Mobile Devices Market Grows 78%

European Mobile Device Market Analysis, 3Q05

Publication Date	November 2005
Publisher	IDC
Product Type	Report
Pages	19
ISBN Number
Product Code	IDC02586

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Summary

In this document, IDC examines key market trends and dynamics that have affected the growth of the European mobile devices market in 3Q05. It identifies vendor performance, competitive post-operating system dynamics, mobile and IT channel trends, end-user segment dynamics, and additional market metrics to offer a comprehensive understanding behind the performance of the mobile devices market in Europe in 3Q05, as well as underlying forecast assumptions for 2005 market performance.

For more detailed information see IDC's European Handheld Tracker, which provides historic quarterly unit shipment and value of shipment data from 1Q00, by 20 vendors (not including vertical application devices), operating system, usage category, form factor, data entry, channel, and segment. It also includes quarterly forecasts for dimensions until the end of 2005.

Companies Mentioned: Acer; HP; Palm; Mio; Yakumo; Dell; Asus; Mitac; Access; CMS; Nokia; RIM; Sony Ericsson; t-mobile; Orange; Vodafone; HTC; Mircosoft; Symbian; Linux

Content

Symbian's converged device operating system market share reached 79% in 3Q05 with shipments growing 103% year on year with Nokia accounting for 92% of Symbian OS shipments. The most comprehensive growth was witnessed by Windows Mobile, a year-on-year increase of 173% securing a market share of 12%.In This Insight
Situation Overview
Table: IDC Western European Mobile Device Vendor Shares, 3Q05
- Handheld Devices, 3Q05
- Table: IDC Western European Handheld Device Vendor Shares, 3Q05
- Converged Devices, 3Q05
- Table: IDC Western European Converged Device Vendor Shares, 3Q05
- Operating System, 3Q05
- Table: IDC Western European Mobile Device Operating System Shares,3Q05
- Table: IDC Western European Handheld Device Operating System Shares,3Q05
- Table: IDC Western European Converged Device Operating System Shares,3Q05
Future Outlook
- Handheld Devices
- Table: IDC Western European Handheld Device Unit Shipments by Operating System, 2001-2005
- Converged Devices
- Table: IDC Western European Converged Device Unit Shipments by Operating System, 2001-2005
Essential Guidance
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- Related Research
- Definitions
  - Handheld Devices
  - Pen-Based Handhelds
  - Key-Based Handhelds
  - Converged Handheld Devices
- Methodology
  - Primary Data Sources
  - Secondary Sources