The Mobile Data Association (MDA) was established in 1994 to increase awareness of mobile data amongst users and their advisers. The MDA recently handed out some awards on the occasion of their 10th anniversary.
The MDA’s winner in the category of best hardware product of the decade was the Microsoft Pocket PC. They described the winner in these words:
Windows Mobile based Pocket PC platform: first launched in April 2000, Pocket PC has risen from a starting point of under 10% market share to over 50% in Western Europe, in the space of 4 years. The product is now synonymous with mobile computing and has revolutionised what we think of when it comes to a PDA.
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Interesting choice. I wonder if they’d choose a cell phone, though, if they could pick it over again.
Today, I don’t think lack of awareness of mobile data is much of an issue.