The death of the PDA has been somewhat exaggerated it seems. Despite a slump in demand between 2002 and 2004, sales are once more picking up.

According to the latest figures from research company Gartner, worldwide PDA shipments totalled 3.6 million units in the second quarter of 2005. That translates to a 32 percent increase on the equivalent quarter of 2004. The market for PDAs is not only on course to bounce back, but even surpass the boom year of 2001. Gartner estimates that shipments should reach 15 million units by the end of 2005 overtaking the high water mark of 13.2 million shipped in 2001.

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