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Originally Posted by zkmusa
I am waiting for something like a Treo 600 to come out on the Pocket PC side.
Personally, I also think that devices like the Treo 600 will have a limited audience, but that audience will be the people that surf this web site.
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I agree with you, Treo 600 is a great device that only needs to carry Bluetooth and a better screen to be a perfect 2004 device.
Where I don't agree is to say that Treo 600-like devices will only be a niche market in the future.
I think that Treo 600 (and before it Treo 270 - the evolution between the two generations prove my point) is only the beginning of a new trend that will appeal to the upper-end market: executives, road warriors, etc. because it answers their needs:
Write a report, stay in contact with their base (and not only for updating their appointments), carry around their files and update them when necessary, make presentation... the list is endless.
In another word: at time replace the laptop as we know it.
I believe that in a few years time, laptops will be replaced by Tablet PC computers which will compete against enhanced Treo 600-like devices.
The soon-to-come Motorola Mpx seems to be a good example of what can be expected.