| curl-6 said: The dedicated handheld market shrank from 240 million systems in the 7th gen to about 80 million in the 8th gen. Markets with a bright future don't shrink by two thirds from one generation to the next. |
The dedicated handheld market grew from 80 million in the 6th gen to 240 million in the 7th gen. That's not anything to compare success to. Gen 7 was a freak show of a sales bubble that was bound to burst, and it did.







