According to IDC’s mobile enterprise survey, Microsoft’s PocketPC is clearly threatening Palm’s market position. Approximately 36 percent of the respondent companies are ‘planning on’ or ‘considering’ PocketPC compared to only 20.9 percent ‘planning on’ or ‘considering’ Palm.

Participating companies were those with at least 500 handheld devices in use.

"Despite economic uncertainty and tight IT budgets, companies are now seriously evaluating their handheld options," said Travis Glasson, analyst with IDC. "Palm has become a household name because of its skill in meeting the needs of individual users, but in the enterprise it’s going to face formidable competition from Microsoft’s PocketPC platform and partners."

"The recent debut of PocketPC 2002 with critical features, such as VPN support and a terminal server client, positions PocketPC-based handhelds as powerful tools within the enterprise," said IDC analyst Randy Giusto.

• PocketPC is expected to appeal to companies using large numbers of devices
• Competition among hardware and platform vendors will intensify
• Value-added resellers and systems integrators are currently key channels, but buyers want to move to direct purchasing

For more information: Do keyword search on our home page site with " PocketPC" or "PocketPC 2002"  to be more specific;  Here are some more pages on our site:

1. New Features in PocketPC 2002 operating system -  http://www.mobileinfo.com/news_2001/issue38/microsoft_pocketpc.htm
2. PocketPC 2002 OS signals trouble for Palm - http://www.mobileinfo.com/news_2001/issue37/microsoft_palm.htm
3. Symbol launches new device based on PocketPC  2002 -  http://www.mobileinfo.com/news_2001/issue38/symbol_netvision.htm
4. HP introduces two new models - http://www.mobileinfo.com/news_2001/issue37/hp_jornada.htm