As the mobile device industry sits poised to explode in terms of growth, Microsoft is really leading the charge as evidenced by the technology innovations we've pioneered and our steady growth. We're thrilled with the past year and the progress we've made in step with our industry partners and look forward to maintaining this incredible momentum while pushing the technology envelope to meet our customers' needs. IDC is predicting that the Pocket PC will gain 38 percent of handheld use by 2004. In addition, according to Context, a market analysis firm in England, the Pocket PC has over 31 percent of European handheld use. The Pocket PC has seen a tremendous amount of interest from developers over the past year.
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For example, Aether Systems Inc. has recently launched Reuters MarketClip on the HP Jornada 540 and the Compaq iPAQ Pocket PCs. The financial application, a collaborative effort between Aether Systems and Reuters, provides real-time stock quotes and associated financial information and allows users to create and track their portfolios, set alerts, and request a wide range of market content. Pocket PCs already include a broad range of native business, personal productivity and entertainment applications, yet can easily be expanded to adapt to each customer's changing needs through a continually growing number of industry standard hardware and software options. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. All rights reserved.