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hmmmmm...signs EdH has too much time on his hands...yes, I think so :wink:
Seriously, this is about what I would have expected, I'm surprised the PocketPC hasn't lost more with Sony taking the best features available on the PocketPC and grafting it on to the PalmOS (Sloppily, but still).
In the end, I'm starting to think this battle is going to boil down to a war between Toshiba and Sony. I strongly suspect that Toshiba is just beginning to ramp up their PDA business and when all is said and done we'll see some pretty impressive stuff come out of them.
HP/Compaq on the other hand seems to have lost its way. With their high prices and meaningless features (I like the biometric scanner too but I'm figuring most companies will opt for password protection and save spending a large amount of money on biometric equiped PDAs). Palm's toast...Handspring I'm not sure about (apparently Smartphones aren't included in these numbers so its hard to tell how their doing). Casio's gone. RIM is a StopGap product that won't last another couple of years.
Last thought, I don't think OS is going to matter that much when all is said and done. Once Palm rolls around to PalmOS 6 (5's a joke) and we're at PocketPC 2005 (or so) I think you'll be looking at an equivalent architecture and it will be up to the hardware manufacturers to differentiate.
But then again, thats what they said about PCs too...
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