A new study indicates that handheld sales are starting to boom in Europe but smart phone sales have been slow to take off.
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According to the International Data Corp. (IDC), 1.4 million handhelds were sold in Western Europe in 1998 with a value of more than $1 billion. The company claims that devices based on the Palm OS held a commanding lead, although it predicts that color Windows CE devices will start to catch up.
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By contrast, the study found disappointing sales of smart phones in Europe last year. The study says that's due to the slow roll-out of Wireless Application Protocol (WAP)-compliant devices.
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However, sales should pick up dramatically this year and in 2000 as WAP-compliant devices become available from major European vendors such as Nokia and Ericsson, the study concludes. Those devices are expected to use Symbian's EPOC operating system.
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The information comes from an IDC study entitled Western European Smart Handheld Devices Review and Forecast, 1998-2003.
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