Richard Leggett on New Media

If you are into mobile, Flash Lite etc it's always interesting to read the quarterly reports from Canalys, and this one is certainly no exception. Yet again Smart-phone's and convergent devices are on fire, PDAs down...

• Global shipments of smart mobile devices up 55% year-on-year in Q1 2006
• Handheld shipments fall 25%, Palm still first, but Mio Technology is only growing vendor in top five
• Converged devices up 75%, Nokia leads, RIM gains in second, Japanese vendors take next three places
• Symbian’s global share in smart mobile devices hits new high of 69%, Microsoft is second on 12%
• RIM overtakes Palm globally, and in the US, for the first time

Read the entire report here.