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Originally Posted by Ed Hansberry
BTW, WinMob is now primarily a phone OS. The standlone PDAs take a back seat, and IMHO, will totally die as a consumer product in the next few years.
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Personally I think this is a good direction. Not just for a "phone" (which I think they can make A LOT better) but from a connection point of view. Once you taste 3G you simply can't go back to something slower.
I want access to my emails/websites/data/music/videos where ever I am, and currently my O2 Exec fulfils this (well not the music/video part, only when my Cowon A2 isn't with me). I've just bought a Slingbox (yesterday) and think that its simply fantastic that I can control my Sky box from the PDA. Without 3G or faster this would be a waste.
Now, would I buy a PDA that had a 3G connection but no phone app? Yes.
What I'm looking foward to is a UMPC (2nd gen) and a Smartphone with 3g (the successor to the i-mate SP5 springs to mind). I'd have Outlook etc on the UMPC which would use the Smartphone to connect up via bluetooth. I'd then ditch the Exec or whatever is the next version.
Just my 2 cents