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Technology Stocks : Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)
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To: Mang Cheng who wrote (126)9/17/2000 1:48:58 AM
From: Cheeky Kid  Read Replies (1) of 817
 
I don't see the point in making a Palm phone. I said in another post that Palm should stick to OS and let innovative companies like Handspring create the hardware.

There are debates on the boards about PDA being merged with cell phones and that device making the PDA obsolete, I do not see a future for one device that will replace the PDA.

It boils down to screen size.

Of course some will settle for the tiny screens on cell phones, but there will always be the need for a larger screen. I can't see them getting much smaller than the Palm V, but I can see the Palm V staying the same size and the screen getting larger.

As the baby boomer generation ages, they will have a hard time looking at tiny screens on cell phones, spread sheets look better on a Palm V screen.

Even Mr. Spock needs a Tricorder and a Communicator <g>

PS
I remember back in 1993 I was in a computer store checking out notebooks and I seen a Hand Held computer on display, I can't remember the name, I was tempted to buy one, but figured they were a head of their time, and I could not figure out what I could use it for, so I settled for a notebook. I waited till 98 and bought a Palm III, then a year later I bought a Palm V. And when the next generation Visor comes out, that will be my next PDA. This way I can customise it with any module that will do the job I am looking for.
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