
According to GfK, an international market research organization, Palm, Inc. has further strengthened its leadership position in the European handheld computing market. The results place Palm firmly in the lead with 42.5 percent of the handheld device market (as measured by units) for December/January 2002–30.8 points ahead of its nearest competitor. These results show an increase in market share of 4.4 points on the previous period of October/November 2001 and growth of 1.6 points on the same period a year ago.