The worldwide converged mobile device or smartphone market showed no signs of slowing down during Q1 2006, recording a new record in quarterly shipments. According to IDC, worldwide converged mobile device shipments totaled 18.9 million units in Q1 2006, an increase of 7.5% from Q4 2005 and 67.8% compared to Q1 2005.

Global converged mobile device shipments
	Q1 2006		Q1 2005		Growth
Vendor	Shipments	Share	Shipments	Share	YTY
Nokia	8.16	43.2%	5.45	48.4%	49.9%
Panasonic	1.89	10.0%	1.145	10.2%	65.1%
NEC	1.79	9.5%	1.140	10.1%	57.0%
RIM	1.45	7.7%	0.78	6.9%	85.7%
Sharp	1.07	5.7%	0.00	0.0%	0.00%
Others	4.52	23.9%	2.74	24.4%	64.7%
Total	18.88	100.0%	11.25	100.0%	67.8%
Source: IDC