Tero,
pdQ will reach a certain following, but being underpowered, expensive and a bit clunky, will not get beyond a niche hit status.
In the autumn, the first Bluetooth and Symbian models will start revolutionizing the handset market.
How do you know it will not be the other way around? If pdQ was supposed to come out in 2nd half, and Nokia in the first half, I bet you would have said that QCOM is badly late.
Don't get me wrong. I am a fan of Nokia. I have a Nokia monitor, and I had a big hope for their 9000 PDA. I really hope they will eventually produce a good CDMA phone. You must admit that what they have now is embarassing. They are trailing Qualcomm handsets, and by your own characterization, QCOM handsets are a failure. (I think the salespeople at Sprint must get an extra commission for unloading a Nokia phone.)
BTW, I just got one - QCP-1920, and it is adequate. I think the standby times advertised on the QCOM site are a little conservative. They advertise 4 hours talk or 60 hours standby. After 72 hours of standby time and about 15 minutes of talk time, I still have 1 of the 4 battery bars on.
Joe |
