Symbian increases lead in EMEA smart mobile device market

Microsoft’s overall share of the smart mobile device market in Q3 2006 is sitting at 16.9 percent, down from 18.0 percent a year ago. This happened despite shipments of Windows Mobile based converged devices, i.e. smart phones and wireless handhelds, increasing by almost 80 percent year-on-year.

Microsoft, along with Palm, is suffering from the heavy decline is the sales of stand alone PDA’s.

Symbian increases lead in EMEA smart mobile device market
OS vendor	Shipments Q306	Share, Q306, %	Shipments Q305	Share, Q305, %	Growth Q306/Q305
Symbian	5,757,540	78.70 %	5,022,710	76.60 %	14.60 %
Microsoft	1,235,130	16.90 %	1,179,530	18.00 %	4.70 %
RIM	253,420	3.50 %	230,190	3.50 %	10.10 %
Others	73,600	1.00 %	120,420	1.80 %	-38.90 %
Total	7,319,690	100.00 %	6,552,850	100.00 %	11.70 %