Re Windows CE and Q: There's a good column in the current PC magazine addressing how Notebooks, PDA's etc might break down by user. Do people end up with a phone and a notebook or a PDA device that functions as both a phone and rudimentary data storage/retrieval device? People who carry around a 3 lb+ notebook might also use a PDA for quick retrieval of info. The PDA might be quite small, and thus useable as a phone. The PDA would be too small for any real input, however. Alternatively, if someone wanted to get rid of their laptop, they could go to one of the 1 to 2 lb sub-notebooks, have some input capability--eg, simple e-mail responses--and then would probably use a straight phone for voice.
So, you've got people running around using a full-size laptop and maybe a PDA, or small laptop/big PDA, and needing a straight phone for voice.
In either case, it seems a separate issue as to which cellular technology they access--since each of the devices could be CDMA, TDMA, etc. It's up to Q to get included--but perhaps that will partially solve itself as CDMA users grow, and PDA/PC card makers produce devices that CDMA subscribers can use to transfer data. We're back to the issue of establishing critical mass.
You invited thoughts. I too would like to hear others' ideas.
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