["The popularity of "smart" handheld devices has only begun to make itself apparent, according to a new survey, but how the market will shape up is anybody's guess. The predictable surge partly owes to the convergence of handheld devices and wireless technology. ]

By Stephanie Miles -- "Annual sales in the "handheld companion" market, which basically encompasses all handheld devices that aren't cell phones, will more than triple from 5.4 million units worldwide in 1999 to 18.9 million units in 2003, according to International Data Corp. The predictable surge partly owes to the convergence of handheld devices and wireless technology.

"Meanwhile, in the here and now, products from Palm Computing continue to dominate the market, while Microsoft-based Windows CE devices are still floundering.

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