The Inquirer proclaimed today that the PDA is dead. We’ve heard that story before, and, as we reported here, Sony seems to have come to the same conclusion several months ago. The article goes on to predict that the PDA market will evolve into 3 different segments :
- A business-oriented compact computing device for enterprise types … kind of a ‘notebook-light’.
- A converged phone, MP3 player and PDA.
- A multifunction device that handles photos, e-mail, is a “digital wallet”, and has music and PDA capabilities.
The article might well be paraphrased as : The (standalone) PDA is dead … long live the (converged / integrated) PDA! The PDA is now as dead as a duck - by Doug Mohney Monday 20 June 2005
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