Palm gains smartphone market share, thanks to the Centro

Posted June 3, 2008 at 11:17 AM by Robert Nelson

Section: Communications, Cellphones, Smartphones, Mobile

Recent numbers are showing that Palm has raised its smartphone market share, topping out at 13.4% for Q1, which is up from 7.9% during the last quarter. While Palm has seen a nice increase from the previous quarter, sadly they are still down 23% from the same time period from one-year ago.

As anyone who is following the Palm story, even just a little bit, you could most likely guess that Palm is crediting the sales of the Centro for their increase. This jump for Q1 2008 places the increase from the previous quarter at around 70%, which is a nice jump. However it just goes to show that a $99 phone will make more people willing to commit. The Centro, while still a smartphone is a little more user-friendly thanks to the price, personally I see it in more hands of people that have no real definition of the word smartphone.

Via [jkOnTheRun]