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Hand-held computer shipments down for quarter

Posted on: Monday, 28 July 2003, 06:00 CDT

Worldwide shipments of hand-held computing devices declined 11 percent in the second quarter, market researcher IDC reports.

Shipments dropped to 2.3 million units from 2.5 million a year ago, falling for the second quarter in a row.

Industrywide shipments slid for most of last year except for a surge from holiday sales.

While the April-June quarter typically is slower, the numbers "illustrate the hand-held device market's struggle to grow beyond its roots," said IDC hand-held analyst Ross Sealfon.

Of the top five vendors, only No. 1 seller Palm Inc. saw its shipments grow from the previous quarter.

Buoyed by sales of its new Zire 71 and Tungsten C devices, Palm held its leadership status and grew its market share to almost 40 percent.

Hewlett-Packard Co. followed with a 17 percent share; Sony Corp., 11 percent; Dell Computer Corp., 6.7 percent and Toshiba Corp., 3.3 percent. The data do not include hand-held devices that double as cell phones.

-- The Associated Press

Execs read their e-mail, except spam

Corporate executives and other high-profile individuals, like Mark Cuban of the Dallas Mavericks, can get as many as 1,000 e- mails a day.

With their money and organizations, how do they handle it? In many cases, they don't, writes Kevin Maney, technology columnist for USA Today.

Most read all their e-mail, except for spams. Ted Leonsis, vice chairman of America Online spends as many as four hours a day reading and replying.

David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue Airways, reads most of his but responds to less than 10 percent, Maney reported. Bill Gates and Michael Dell use their e-mail software filters to highlight messages from people they know.

-- CBS Marketwatch

Google adds new search feature

Online search engine Google has added a tool designed to make it easier to find specific news stories.

The new feature, available by clicking on an "advanced search" link in Google's news section, lets visitors limit news searches to particular publications and dates. The tool also narrows searches to stories containing an exact phrase.

Google introduced its news section last year. It covers 4,500 English-language sources, up from about 4,000 sources 10 months ago.

By building more attractions around its main search engine, Google has been luring even more traffic to its Web site and intensifying the competition with other Internet power brokers, including Yahoo! and Microsoft's MSN.

-- The Associated Press

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