No. 1 handheld maker Palm lost a big chunk of market share in the United States last year, according to new figures from market researcher NPD Techworld.
NPD also found that even though last year's price war among handheld makers drove up the number of units sold by 36 percent over the previous year, sales in terms of dollars lagged.
In 2001, Palm's unit share of the U.S. handheld market eroded to 58 percent from 71 percent the previous year. Meanwhile, Handspring's share grew to 15 percent from 14 percent, and Sony's share reached 6 percent from less than 1 percent
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